Myra fugax

Myra fugax is a species of crabs in the family Leucosiidae.[1]

Myra fugax
Myra fugax. Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Leucosiidae
Genus:
Myra
Species:
M. fugax
Binomial name
Myra fugax
(Fabricius, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Cancer punctatus Herbst, 1783
  • Leucosia fugax Fabricius, 1798
  • Leucosia fugax Weber, 1795
  • Myra carinata Bell, 1855
  • Myra carinata White, 1847
  • Myra longimerus Chen & Türkay, 2001
  • Myra pentacantha Alcock, 1896

Description

Myra fugax can reach a size of 140 millimetres (5.5 in). Carapace is rounded, globose, with a finely granulate dorsal surface. Chelipeds and legs are long and slender. The color varies from pale pink to pale yellow.[2]

The barnacles of then species Sacculina captiva are parasitic castrators of these crabs.[3]

Myra fugax

Distribution

This species is present in the Pacific Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. It is common along the coast of New Caledonia, Israel, South Africa, Egypt, Vietnam, Mozambique, Sri Lanka, India, Mauritius and Fiji.[3]

Habitat

This species is typical of sandy substrates, at depths of 9 to 50 m.[2]

Bibliography
  • B.S. Galil, A revision of Myra Leach, 1817 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Leucosioidea) (PDF), in Zool. Med, vol. 75, nº 24, Leiden, pp. 409–446, ISSN 0024-0672.
  • P. J. F. Davie, Zoological Catalogue of Australia, CSIRO publishing & Australian Biological Resources Study.
  • Rupert Riedl, Fauna e flora del Mediterraneo, Franco Muzzio editore, 1983, ISBN 978-88-7413-224-9.
  • Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284–292

References
  1. Catalogue of life
  2. B.S. Galil A revision of Myra Leach, 1817 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Leucosioidea)
  3. WoRMS


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