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Genus of crabs For the turtle genus, see Siebenrockiella. For Roman women named Bellia, see Bellia gens.

Bellia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Belliidae
Genus: Bellia
H. Milne-Edwards, 1848
Species: B. picta
Binomial name
Bellia picta
H. Milne-Edwards, 1848

Bellia picta is a species of crab that lives around the coasts of South America, and the only species in the genus Bellia. On the Atlantic coast, it is found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, while on the Pacific coast, it is found off Peru and Chile. It probably lives in burrows and is a filter feeder.

References

  1. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 – via the National University of Singapore.
  2. D. Boltovskoy (ed.). "Bellia picta". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved February 3, 2010.
  3. Paulo S. Young, ed. (1998). "Malacostraca - Eucarida. Brachyura. Pseudothelphusidae and Trichodactylidae". Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil (Catálogo de Crustáceos do Brasil). Rio de Janeiro: Museu Nacional. p. 471. ISBN 85-7427-001-6. Archived from the original on 2009-06-08. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
Taxon identifiers
Bellia picta


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