Davusia
Davusia glabra commonly called the shiny bait crab.[1], Sowrie crab [2] or Sourie crab is the sole species of crab in the genus Davusia. [3] It lives around the low tide area on rocky ocean shores on the eastern coast of Australia (southern Queensland to Victoria), in crevices and rock pools and on rock platforms.[1] The distribution is stated differently in different sources, either from Queensland as far south as the NSW-Victorian border in one source [2] but including to Wilson’s Promontory (Southern Victoria) in another.[4] The carapace is grey to fawn with very small green spots, resulting in Davusia glabra having a greenish appearance. [2] The width of the carapace is around 30-40 mm across,[1] and is smooth without hair, slightly wider than long, with 3 distinct spines at each edge [2]
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| Genus: | Davusia Guinot, 2007 |
| Species: | D. glabra |
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| Davusia glabra (Dana, 1852) | |
Plagusia glabra is a synonym of Davusia glabra,.[3] The species was placed in a new genus Davusia in 2007 [5] due to differences in morphology from other species in Plagusia.
References
- "Davusia glabra". Queensland Museum. Queensland Museum. 2022. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
- "Ocean Shore Crabs of New South Wales" (PDF). Retrieved 2022-09-22.
- "Australian Faunal Directory". Australian Biological Resources Study. 2018. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
- Gary C. B. Poore & Shane T. Ahyong (2004). "Mictyridae Dana, 1851". Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 487–489. ISBN 0-643-06906-2.
- Guinot, D. (2007-06-04). "A new genus of the family Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 close to Plagusia Latreille, 1804 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)". Zootaxa. 1498: 27–33. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1498.1.2.
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