Coleusia signata is a species of crab from the family Leucosiidae which is found in the Red Sea and the western Indian Ocean and which has colonised the eastern Mediterranean Sea by Lessepsian migration through the Suez Canal.[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: | Leucosiidae |
| Genus: | Coleusia |
| Species: | C. signata
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| Binomial name | |
| Coleusia signata (Paulson, 1875)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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References
edit- ^ "Coleusia signata". Crab Database. 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Sammy de Grave, ed. (12 August 2019). "Coleusia signata (Paulson, 1875)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Gella Galail (2006). "Contributions to the knowledge of Leucosiidae V. Coleusia gen. nov. (Crustacea: Brachyura)". Zoologische Mededelingen. 80.
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