Panopeus occidentalis, the furrowed mud crab, is a true crab belonging to the infraorder Brachyura. It can grow up to 16.67 mm in width.[2] It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean, its range extending from North Carolina to Florida, the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico, the West Indies, the Guianas and Brazil, as far south as the state of Santa Catarina. Its depth range is down to about 20 m (66 ft).[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Panopeidae |
| Genus: | Panopeus |
| Species: | P. occidentalis
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References
edit- ^ WoRMS (2015). "Panopeus occidentalis Saussure, 1857". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ^ Santos, Fernanda Monchelato; Pescinelli, Régis Augusto; Pantaleão, João Alberto Farinelli; Costa, Rogério Caetano (2018-04-03). "Relative growth, morphological sexual maturity, heterochely, and handedness in Panopeus occidentalis (Brachyura, Panopeidae)". Invertebrate Reproduction & Development. 62 (2): 74–81. doi:10.1080/07924259.2017.1415987. hdl:11449/176366. ISSN 0792-4259.
- ^ Boltovskoy, D. "Panopeus occidentalis". Zooplankton of the South Atlantic Ocean. Marine Species Identification Portal. Retrieved 8 December 2017.