naxia, tumida, other, crabs, also, known, decorator, crabs, decorator, crab, little, seaweed, crab, dresser, crab, decorator, crab, small, crab, family, majidae, with, carapace, centimetres, inches, diameter, that, common, rocky, intertidal, subtidal, areas, t. For other crabs also known as decorator crabs see Decorator crab Naxia tumida the little seaweed crab dresser crab or decorator crab is a small crab of the family Majidae with a carapace up to 4 centimetres or 1 6 inches in diameter that is common in rocky intertidal and subtidal areas on the temperate coasts of Australia including parts of Victoria New South Wales Tasmania South Australia and Western Australia 1 It is usually found covered in seaweed that acts as camouflage attached to the hooks on its shell It attaches the algae or seaweed with a secretion that becomes adhesive when hardened 1 Naxia tumida Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Order Decapoda Suborder Pleocyemata Infraorder Brachyura Family Majidae Genus Naxia Species N tumida Binomial name Naxia tumida Dana 1852 Synonyms Halimus tumidus Dana 1852 Naxia tumida was discovered by the United States Exploring Expedition and described by James Dwight Dana originally under the name Halimus tumidus The syntypes appear to have been lost 2 References edit a b Naxia tumida Australian Museum 5 January 2010 Retrieved 29 March 2011 Species Naxia tumida Dana 1852 Australian Faunal Directory Department of the Environment Water Heritage and the Arts 9 October 2008 Retrieved 29 March 2011 nbsp This crab article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Naxia tumida amp oldid 1052842890, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
