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Maguimithrax spinosissimus, [2] also known as the Caribbean king crab, [3] West Indian spider crab, channel clinging crab, reef or spiny spider crab, and coral crab, is a species of spider crab that occurs throughout South Florida and across the Caribbean Islands. [4] [5]
The Florida stone crab (Menippe mercenaria) is a crab found in the western North Atlantic, from Connecticut to Colombia, including Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Belize, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, The Bahamas, and the East Coast of the United States. The crab can also be found in and around the salt marshes of South Carolina and Georgia. It is widely ...
Menippe nodifrons, commonly known as the Cuban stone crab, is a species of crab found in warm tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean. It is common in parts of Brazil, [ 3 ] and is found in the United States in east-central Florida [ 4 ] and off the coast of Louisiana.
Menippe is a genus of true crabs. [1] One of the best known species is the Florida stone crab . Most of the species of this genus are found in the Atlantic Ocean .
Callinectes sapidus – blue crab; Callinectes similis; Cancer bellianus; Cancer borealis – Jonah crab; Cancer irroratus – Atlantic rock crab; Cancer pagurus – edible crab; Carcinus maenas – European shore crab; Cardisoma guanhumi – blue land crab; Carpoporus papulosus; Celatopesia concava; Chaceon fenneri – golden crab ...
Leptuca speciosa, commonly known as the brilliant fiddler crab or the longfinger fiddler crab, is a species of fiddler crab native to the southern United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. [1] Before 2016, the species was known as Uca speciosa. In 2016, the subgenus Leptuca was promoted to the genus level. [2] [3]
Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab or great land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtropical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil [2] and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Ponce Inlet, Florida [3] Princess Place Preserve in Palm Coast, and Bermuda. [4]
Sesarma reticulatum, the purple marsh crab or simply marsh crab, is a crab species native to the salt marshes of the eastern United States. Distribution [ edit ]