''Persephona mediterranea'', the mottled purse crab, is a species of true crab in the family

Leucosiidae Leucosiidae is a family of crabs containing three subfamilies and a number of genera ''incertae sedis'': ;Cryptocneminae Stimpson, 1907 * '' Cryptocnemus'' Stimpson, 1858 * '' Leucisca'' MacLeay, 1838 * '' Lissomorpha'' Ward, 1933 * '' Onych ...

. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean.

References

* Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States". ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', vol. 116, no. 1, 96-157. * Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs Jr., R. B. Manning, et al. (1989). "Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans". ''American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17'', 77. Crabs Crustaceans described in 1794 {{crab-stub