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Pilumnus spinifer H. Milne Edwards, 1834
Pilumnus spinifer is recorded along the western coasts of Africa and Europe from Mauritania to the Bay of Biscay, including the Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands and throughout the Mediterranean Sea. This Pilimnid crab has been recorded from the shallow subtidal down to 188 m, but is most frequent between around 20 and 100 m.
Habitat: detritic bottoms, muddy bottoms, sandy and boulder areas, sandy and seagrass bottoms, often been found associated with sponges.
Pilumnus spinifer is recorded along the western coasts of Africa and Europe from Mauritania to the Bay of Biscay, including the Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands and throughout the Mediterranean Sea. This Pilimnid crab has been recorded from the shallow subtidal down to 188 m, but is most frequent between around 20 and 100 m.
Habitat: detritic bottoms, muddy bottoms, sandy and boulder areas, sandy and seagrass bottoms, often been found associated with sponges.