Bathynectes maravigna
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Bathynectes maravigna, the deepsea swimming crab, is a deep-sea species of portunoid crab found in the North Atlantic.
Classification
Bathynectes maravigna was first described in 1839 in the genus Portunus by Nicolo Prestandrea, and several species described later by other authors have since been synonymized with B. maravigna.{{Cite book |last=Ingle |first=R. W. |url=http://archive.org/details/britishcrabs0000ingl |title=British crabs |date=1980 |publisher=London : British Museum (Natural History) ; New York : Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-858503-9}}
It is sometimes commonly known as the "deepsea swimming crab".{{Cite web |title=Bathynectes maravigna, deepsea swimming crab |url=https://www.sealifebase.se/summary/Bathynectes-maravigna |access-date=2025-06-06 |website=www.sealifebase.se}}
Distribution
Bathynectes maravigna is a North Atlantic species found on both the east and west coasts of that part of the ocean. It is found from the American state of Massachusetts south to Florida on the west coast and from around Iceland, the Faroe islands and Norway south to around Morocco on the east coast, as well as throughout the Mediterranean.{{Citation |last=Abelló |first=P. |title=Notes on the distribution and biology of the deep-sea crab Bathynectes maravigna (Brachyura: Portunidae) in the Mediterranean Sea |date=2001 |work=Advances in Decapod Crustacean Research |pages=187–192 |url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0645-2_20 |access-date=2025-06-06 |place=Dordrecht |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-90-481-5688-7 |last2=Ungaro |first2=N. |last3=Politou |first3=C.-Y. |last4=Torres |first4=P. |last5=Roman |first5=E. |last6=Rinelli |first6=P. |last7=Maiorano |first7=P. |last8=Norrito |first8=G.}}
Further reading
- [https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=sourceget&id=377457 Original description] (in Italian)
References
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Category:Fauna of the North Sea