Species
Lophopanopeus bellus (Blackclaw crestleg crab)
Lophopanopeus bellus. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)
Lophopanopeus bellus, the black-clawed crab, is a species of crab in the family Panopeidae. It is native to the Pacific coasts of North America, its range extending from Alaska to California.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
- Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
- Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
- Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
- Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
- Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
- Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
- Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
- Zoosubsection: Heterotremata (Heterotrematan crabs)
- Superfamily: Xanthoidea (Xanthoid crabs)
- Family: Panopeidae (Mud crabs)
- Genus: Lophopanopeus
- Species: Lophopanopeus bellus (Blackclaw crestleg crab)
- Genus: Lophopanopeus
- Family: Panopeidae (Mud crabs)
- Superfamily: Xanthoidea (Xanthoid crabs)
- Zoosubsection: Heterotremata (Heterotrematan crabs)
- Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
- Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
- Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
- Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
- Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
- Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
- Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
- Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
- Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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