Sealife guideThe Decapoda orderThe taxonomy of marine species
Explore the taxonomy of marine arthropods with a dedicated focus on crustaceans !

Hepatic box crab
(Calappa hepatica)
(Calappa hepatica)

Edible crab
(Cancer pagurus)
(Cancer pagurus)

European green shore crab
(Carcinus maenas)
(Carcinus maenas)

Batwing coral crab
(Carpilius corallinus)
(Carpilius corallinus)

Convex crab
(Carpilius convexus)
(Carpilius convexus)

Seven-eleven crab
(Carpilius maculatus)
(Carpilius maculatus)

Coconut crab
(Birgus latro)
(Birgus latro)

Hairy yellow hermit crab
(Aniculus maximus)
(Aniculus maximus)

Red hermit crab
(Dardanus calidus)
(Dardanus calidus)

Urchin carrier crab
(Dorippe frascone)
(Dorippe frascone)

Corallimorph decorator crab
(Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)
(Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)

Decorator arrow crab
(Hyastenus bispinosus)
(Hyastenus bispinosus)

Sheep crab
(Loxorhynchus grandis)
(Loxorhynchus grandis)

Red-eyed reef crab
(Eriphia ferox)
(Eriphia ferox)

Warty crab
(Eriphia verrucosa)
(Eriphia verrucosa)

Feather star squat lobster
(Allogalathea elegans)
(Allogalathea elegans)
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(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata)