Davusia

{{Short description|Species of crab}} {{Speciesbox | name = Shiny bait crab | image = Davusia glabra, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia, Top View.jpg | genus = Davusia | species = glabra | authority = (Dana, 1852) }} thumb|{{center|''Davusia glabra''}}

'''''Davusia glabra''''', commonly called the '''shiny bait crab''',<ref name="Queensland Museum">{{cite web |date=2022 |title=''Davusia glabra'' |url=https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Explore/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Crustaceans/Common+marine+crustaceans/Crabs/Shiny+Bait+Crab |access-date=2022-06-14 |publisher=Queensland Museum |archive-date=2022-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705032235/https://www.qm.qld.gov.au/Explore/Find+out+about/Animals+of+Queensland/Crustaceans/Common+marine+crustaceans/Crabs/Shiny+Bait+Crab |url-status=dead }}</ref> '''Sowrie crab'''<ref name="UniNewcastle"> {{Cite web |title=Ocean Shore Crabs of New South Wales, |url=https://www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au/Newcastle/media/Documents/environment/Coast%20and%20River/oceanshorecrabs.pdf |access-date=2022-09-22}}</ref> or '''Sourie crab''' is the sole species of crab in the genus '''''Davusia'''''.<ref name="AFD"> {{cite web | date=2018 | title=Australian Faunal Directory | url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Pseudohelice_subquadrata | publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study | access-date=2022-07-03}}</ref> It lives around the low tide area on rocky ocean shores on the eastern coast of Australia (southern Queensland to Victoria), in crevices and rock pools and on rock platforms.<ref name="Queensland Museum"> </ref> Its distribution is stated differently in different sources; some have described the crab's habitat as from Queensland to as far south as the NSW-Victorian border,<ref name="UniNewcastle"> </ref> while others have stated it can be found as far south as Wilson's Promontory (Southern Victoria).<ref name="Poore">{{cite book |author=Gary C. B. Poore |author2=Shane T. Ahyong |name-list-style=amp |title=Marine decapod Crustacea of southern Australia: a guide to identification |pages=487–489 |chapter=Mictyridae Dana, 1851 |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |year=2004 |isbn=0-643-06906-2}}</ref> Its carapace is grey to fawn-colored with very small green spots, resulting in ''Davusia glabra'' having a greenish appearance.<ref name="UniNewcastle"> </ref> The width of the carapace is around 30-40 mm across<ref name="Queensland Museum"> </ref> and is smooth without hair, slightly wider than long, with 3 distinct spines at each edge.<ref name ="UniNewcastle"></ref>

''Plagusia glabra'' is a synonym of ''Davusia glabra,''.<ref name="AFD"></ref> The species was placed in the new ''Davusia'' genus in 2007<ref name="Guinot"> {{Cite journal |last1=Guinot |first1=D.| title= A new genus of the family Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 close to Plagusia Latreille, 1804 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1498|date=2007-06-04}}</ref> due to differences in morphology from other species in Plagusia.

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Category:Grapsoidea Category:Arthropods of Queensland Category:Arthropods of Victoria (state) Category:Endemic fauna of Australia Category:Monotypic decapod genera