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Artist
- Name:
- Vaillant
Illustration
- Subject:
- Animals
- Technique:
- Metal engraving
- Engraver:
- Forget
- Format:
- Landscape (wider)
- Source:
- Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Internet Archive
Book
- Title:
- Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale, vol. 9
- Author(s):
- Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d'
- Publisher:
- Paris, Strasbourg: P. Bertrand, 1847
- Open Library:
- View record.
Description
Homalaspis plana is a stone crab in the family Platyxanthidae. It can be found on the Pacific coasts of South America, particularly in Chile, where it is present all along the littoral. Homalaspis plana feeds on mollusks and urchins as well as carrion.
Keywords: 1840s, 19th century, color, crustacean, Platyxanthidae, red, South America, Voyage dans l'Amérique méridionale
