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Paromola cuvieri (Crab)

Synonyms: Dorippe cuvieri; Dorippe spec; Homola cuvierii; Maia dumerili; Pisa dumerili

Wikipedia Abstract

Paromola cuvieri is a species of crab in the family Homolidae. It occurs in the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, from Angola to Norway, the Northern Isles and Iceland. It is demersal, occurring at depths of 10–1,000 metres (33–3,281 ft), but it is primarily a species of deep water. This reddish crab is sexually dimorphic; the males have larger claws and are overall larger than the females. The carapace of the largest males can reach 20 cm (7.9 in), while their claws can span 1.2 m (3.9 ft).
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Phycis phycis (Fork-beard)[3]
Raja clavata (Roker)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Diets of deep-sea brachyuran crabs in the Western Mediterranean Sea, J. E. Cartes, Marine Biology 117, 449-457 (1993)
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
3DIETS OF FORKBEARD (Phycis phycis) AND CONGER EEL (Conger conger) OFF THE AZORES DURING SPRING OF 1996 AND 1997, TELMO MORATO, ENCARNACION SOLÀ, MARIA P. GRÓS & GUI MENEZES, Arquipélago. Life and Marine Sciences 17A: 51-64
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0