Sealife guideThe channel clinging crabMaguimithrax spinosissimus

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Channel clinging crab, spiny spider crab, Caribbean king crab
  • French name: Crabe araignée épineux
  • Scientific name: Maguimithrax spinosissimus (Lamarck, 1818)
  • Family name: Mithracidae
  • Order name: Decapoda
  • Class name: The crustaceans [Malacostraca]
Within the same family
Green clinging crab (Mithraculus sculptus)
Green clinging crab
(Mithraculus sculptus)
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