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Scleroplax

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Order
  
Decapoda

Scientific name
  
Scleroplax granulata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Class
  
Malacostraca

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Rank
  
Species

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Scleroplax granulata is a species of crab in the monotypic genus Scleroplax. It was first described by Mary J. Rathbun in a paper dated 1893 but only published in 1894.

Scleroplax lives as a commensal of various burrowing animals including the mud shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis, N. gigas, Upogebia pugettensis and U. macginiteorum, and the echiuran worm Urechis caupo (known as the "fat innkeeper"), and occurs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Punta Abreojos, Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

References

Scleroplax Wikipedia