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Menippe nodifrons (Cuban stone crab)

Synonyms: Menippe nanus; Menippe rudis

Wikipedia Abstract

Menippe nodifrons (common name: Cuban stone crab) is a species of crab found in tropical warm waters in the west Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil, but occurs in the United States only in east-central Florida.
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Prey / Diet

Eriphia scabricula (redfinger rubble crab)[1]
Phragmatopoma caudata[1]

Predators

Epinephelus marginatus (Yellowbelly rockcod)[2]

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♦ 1Natural diet of the crab Menippe nodifrons Stimpson, 1859 (Brachyura, Menippidae) in Paranapuã Beach, São Vicente (SP), Brazil, Madambashi, A. M.; Christofoletti, R. A. and Pinheiro, M. A. A., Nauplius 13(1): 77-82, 2005
♦ 2CONDINI, Mario V.; SEYBOTH, Elisa; VIEIRA, João P. and GARCIA, Alexandre M. Diet and feeding strategy of the dusky grouper Mycteroperca marginata (Actinopterygii: Epinephelidae) in a man-made rocky habitat in southern Brazil Neotrop. ichthyol. [online]. 2011, vol.9, n.1, pp. 161-168
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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