| Goneplacidae (rhomboid crabs) |
| 3.4 cm CW (male/unsexed); 1.8 cm CW (female) |
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benthic; marine; depth range 3 - 750 m |
| Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: Norway to Senegal and Cape Verde to Turkey. |
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| Epibenthic (Ref. 87524). Also on sandy bottom (Ref. 113220). Carnivorous (Ref. 112914). Benthophagous (feeding on the bottom) (Ref. 104429). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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Known from German Bight. Range expansion from the northeast Atlantic to the North Sea was facilitated by an increase in water temperature and the prevailing hydrodynamics over the last decade (Ref. 114544). C: Ref. 114544. |
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