Axius serratus

Axius serratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Family: Axiidae
Genus: Axius
Species:
A. serratus
Binomial name
Axius serratus
Stimpson, 1852 

Axius serratus is a species of thalassinidean crustacean found off the Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States, from Nova Scotia to Maryland. It is capable of living in areas which are so polluted that other benthic animals cannot survive.

References

  1. ↑ "Axius serratus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved October 6, 2010.
  2. ↑ Brian Kensley (2001). "Two sympatric species of Axius from the north-west Atlantic (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Axiidae)". Crustaceana. 74 (9): 951–962. doi:10.1163/15685400152682692.
  3. ↑ Michael J. Risk; Ronald D. Venter; S. George Pemberton; Dale E. Buckley (1978). "Computer simulation and sedimentological implications of burrowing by Axius serratus". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 15 (8): 1370–1374. doi:10.1139/e78-141.[dead link]