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{{Short description|Genus of crabs}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Pirimela denticulata 2.jpg
| genus =Pirimela
| parent_authority = [[William Elford Leach|Leach]], 1816
| species = denticulata
| authority = ([[George Montagu (naturalist)|Montagu]], 1808)
| synonyms_ref = &nbsp;<ref name="WoRMS"/>
| synonyms =
*''Cancer denticulata'' <small>Montagu, 1808</small>
*''Pirimela princeps'' <small>Hope, 1851</small>
}}
'''''Pirimela''''' is a [[genus]] of [[crab]] containing a single [[species]], '''''Pirimela denticulata'''''.
==Description==
''Pirimela denticulata'' is a "small, pretty crab",<ref name="Eales">{{cite book |author=Nellie Barbara Eales |year=1961 |title=Littoral Fauna of the British Isles |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-04862-0 |chapter=Decapoda |pages=123–139 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBY9AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA133}}</ref> up to {{convert|12|mm|1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|15|mm|1|abbr=on}} across the [[carapace]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=crustacea&menuentry=soorten&id=218&tab=beschrijving |title=''Pirimela denticulata'' |work=Macrobenthos of the North Sea |author=Mario de Kluijver |author2=Sarita S. Ingalsuo |name-list-style=amp |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref> Its colouring is mostly green, with mottling of brown, purple or red.<ref name="Eales"/> The front edge of the carapace has three teeth between the eyes, two teeth around the orbits of the eyes and five teeth along either side.<ref name="Eales"/>
==Distribution and ecology==
''Pirimela denticulata'' is found from the [[British Isles]] to [[Mauritania]], the [[Mediterranean Sea]], the [[Canary Islands]], the [[Cape Verde]] Islands, and the [[Azores]].<ref name="Vieira">{{cite journal |author=Carla M. Vieira |author2=Telmo Morato |name-list-style=amp |year=2001 |title=First record of the crabs ''Pirimela denticulata'' (Montagu, 1808) and ''Xaiva biguttata'' (Risso, 1816) (Crustacea: Decapoda) from the Azores |journal=[[Life and Marine Science]] |volume=18A |pages=89–91 |hdl=10400.3/159 }}</ref> It lives in [[burrow]]s in sandy sediments, or on underwater vegetation, at depths of up to {{convert|250|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="Vieira"/>
==Taxonomy==
''Pirimela denticulata'' was [[alpha taxonomy|first described]] by [[George Montagu (naturalist)|George Montagu]] in 1808, under the name ''Cancer denticulata''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=George Montagu |author-link=George Montagu (naturalist) |year=1808 |title=Description of several Marine Animals found on the South Coast of Devonshire |journal=[[Transactions of the Linnean Society of London]] |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=81–114 |doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1818.tb00327.x |url=http://biostor.org/reference/5723}}</ref> It was later transferred by [[William Elford Leach]] to his new genus ''Pirimela'', which contains only ''P. denticulata''.<ref name="Ng">{{cite journal |journal=[[Raffles Bulletin of Zoology]] |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |author=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |name-list-style=amp |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf }}</ref> A second species of ''Pirimela'', ''P. princeps'', is now considered to be [[synonym (taxonomy)|synonymous]] with ''P. denticulata''.<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite web |author=Charles Fransen |author2=Michael Türkay |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=''Pirimela denticulata'' (Montagu, 1808) |publisher=[[World Register of Marine Species]] |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107278 |accessdate=July 8, 2011}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*{{Wikispecies-inline|Pirimela denticulata|''Pirimela denticulata''}}
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[[Category:Portunoidea]]
[[Category:Crabs of the Atlantic Ocean]]
[[Category:Monotypic decapod genera]]