Menippe nodifrons | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Menippidae |
Genus: | Menippe |
Species: | M. nodifrons |
Binomial name | |
Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 |
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Menippe nodifrons (common name: Cuban stone crab) is a species of crab found in tropical warm waters in the west Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil, but occurs in the United States only in east-central Florida.