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Alain raymondi

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Alain raymondi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pinnotheridae
Genus: Alain
Species:
A. raymondi
Binomial name
Alain raymondi
Ahyong & Ng, 2008
Map
Holotype site[1]

Alain raymondi is a species of crab in the Pinnotheridae family.[2] It was first described in 2008 by Ahyong and Peter Ng.[2][3] The species epithet, raymondi, honours Ray Manning.[1]

Currently it is known only from the Philippines, where it is found at depths of 453– 787 m.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Alain raymondi Ahyong & Pkl Ng, 2008". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Alain raymondi Ahyong & Ng, 2008". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
  3. ^ SHANE T. AHYONG; PETER K. L. NG (31 October 2008). "Alain raymondi, a new species of deepwater pinnotherid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from the Philippines, commensal with holothurians". Zootaxa. 1919 (1): 61–68. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1919.1.5. ISSN 1175-5334. Wikidata Q97485258.
  4. ^ "Alain raymondi Ahyong & Ng, 2008, sp. nov. - Plazi TreatmentBank". treatment.plazi.org. Retrieved 17 March 2023.