Taxonomic Details for Panopeus herbstii
| Systematic Resumé: |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Subphylum | Crustacea |
| Superclass | Multicrustacea |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Subclass | Eumalacostraca |
| Superorder | Eucarida |
| Order | Decapoda |
| Suborder | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder | Brachyura |
| Superfamily | Xanthoidea |
| Family | Panopeidae |
| Genus | Panopeus |
| Species | Panopeus herbstii |
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| Common Name: |
Atlantic mud crab |
| ITIS TSN: |
98778 (click on the taxonomic serial number to view the ITIS web page) |
| Habitats: |
Habitat Type: Marsh, Salinity Zone: Marine |
| GCE Contact: |
Steven C. Pennings, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
Panopeus herbstii, the most common predatory "mud crab" in the GA marshes.
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