Eriphia verrucosa
| Eriphia verrucosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Eriphiidae |
| Genus: | Eriphia |
| Species: | E. verrucosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriphia verrucosa (Forsskål, 1775) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Eriphia spinifrons Rathke, 1837 | |
Eriphia verrucosa, sometimes called the warty crab or yellow crab, is a species of crab found in the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores. Individual crabs have been caught as far north as Cornwall. Formerly a frequent species in the Black Sea, it has decreased in numbers since the 1980s and is now listed in the Ukrainian Red Data Book of endangered species.