Ashtoret lunaris
| Ashtoret lunaris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Matutidae |
| Genus: | Ashtoret |
| Species: | A. lunaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Ashtoret lunaris (Forskål), 1775 | |
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Ashtoret lunaris, also known as the yellow moon crab, spotted moon crab or box crab, is an Indo-Pacific species of carnivorous crab which is a member of the family Matutidae. It has been recorded in the eastern Mediterranean since 2010, likely reaching it via the Suez Canal from the Red Sea by (see Lessepsian migration).