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)

Edible crab
(Cancer pagurus)

European green shore crab
(Carcinus maenas)

Batwing coral crab
(Carpilius corallinus)

Convex crab
(Carpilius convexus)

Seven-eleven crab
(Carpilius maculatus)

Coconut crab
(Birgus latro)

Hairy yellow hermit crab
(Aniculus maximus)

Red hermit crab
(Dardanus calidus)

Urchin carrier crab
(Dorippe frascone)

Corallimorph decorator crab
(Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)

Decorator arrow crab
(Hyastenus bispinosus)

Sheep crab
(Loxorhynchus grandis)

Red-eyed reef crab
(Eriphia ferox)

Warty crab
(Eriphia verrucosa)

Feather star squat lobster
(Allogalathea elegans)

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