Ebalia tuberosa

Ebalia tuberosa, sometimes called Pennant's nut crab, is a species of crab in the family Leucosiidae.[2][3][4]

Ebalia tuberosa
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Leucosiidae
Genus: Ebalia
Species:
E. tuberosa
Binomial name
Ebalia tuberosa
(Pennant, 1777)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cancer tuberosa Pennant, 1777
  • Ebalia Chavesi Bouvier, 1922
  • Ebalia elegans A Costa, 1840
  • Ebalia insignis Lucas, 1846
  • Ebalia maderensis Stimpson, 1858
  • Ebalia pennantii Leach, 1817

Distribution

This species is found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean.[5][6]

Habitat

Ebalia tuberosa lives in seawater at depths of 75–132 m (246–433 ft).[6]

Behaviour

Ebalia tuberosa eats small invertebrates, mainly annelids and other crustaceans, as well as organic debris, plant material, and sediment. They feed by probing the topmost layer of sediment with their chelae.[7]

References
  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ebalia tuberosa (Pennant, 1777)". www.marinespecies.org.
  2. https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Ebalia-tuberosa.html
  3. "Ebalia tuberosa – Crustaceology".
  4. "(PDF) The decapod fauna from Belvedere di Selvamaggio (Tuscany, Italy): sedimentological context and palaeoenvironmental inferences".
  5. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Ebalia tuberosa (Pennant, 1777)". www.marinespecies.org.
  6. "Pennant's nut crab (Ebalia tuberosa)". iNaturalist United Kingdom.
  7. Schembri, Patrick J. (October 19, 1981). "Feeding in Ebalia tuberosa (Pennant) (Crustacea : Decapoda : Leucoshdae)" (PDF). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 55 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1016/0022-0981(81)90088-5 – via ScienceDirect.
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