Crustaceans

Lobsters, crabs, shrimps and mantis shrimps. Crustaceans dominate the night reef and play key ecological roles as cleaners, scavengers and predators.

80 species cataloged.

Species

• Achaeus japonicus - Orangutan crab
• Birgus latro - Coconut Crab
• Calappa flammea - Flamboyant Box Crab
• Calappa granulata - Shame-faced crab
• Callinectes sapidus - Atlantic blue crab
• Cancer pagurus - European edible crab
• Coenobita clypeatus - Caribbean Hermit Crab
• Dardanus megistos - Giant Red Hermit Crab
• Dardanus pedunculatus - Anemone hermit crab
• Enoplometopus occidentalis - Red Reef Lobster
• Gonodactylus chiragra - Striped Mantis Shrimp
• Hymenocera picta - Harlequin shrimp
• Inachus phalangium - Anemone spider crab
• Lauriea siagiani - Hairy squat lobster
• Lybia tessellata - Boxer Crab
• Lysiosquillina maculata - Spotted Mantis Shrimp
• Lysmata amboinensis - Pacific cleaner shrimp
• Lysmata californica - California cleaner shrimp
• Lysmata debelius - Fire Shrimp
• Lysmata seticaudata - Mediterranean shrimp
• Maja brachydactyla - Giant European Spider Crab
• Neopetrolisthes maculatus - Porcelain anemone crab
• Nephrops norvegicus - Norway lobster
• Odontodactylus brevirostris - Short-rostrum Mantis Shrimp
• Odontodactylus scyllarus - Peacock mantis shrimp
• Panulirus argus - Caribbean spiny lobster
• Panulirus interruptus - California Spiny Lobster
• Panulirus ornatus - Ornate Spiny Lobster
• Panulirus penicillatus - Painted Spiny Lobster
• Panulirus versicolor - Painted Spiny Lobster
• Percnon gibbesi - Sally lightfoot crab
• Periclimenes amethysteus - Amethyst shrimp
• Periclimenes imperator - Emperor shrimp
• Petrochirus diogenes - Atlantic Giant Hermit
• Phyllognathia ceratophthalma - Indo-Pacific Mandarin Shrimp
• Plesionika narval - Narwhal shrimp
• Ranina ranina - Frog Crab
• Rhynchocinetes durbanensis - Durban dancer shrimp
• Saron rectirostris - White Marble Shrimp
• Scyllarides latus - Mediterranean Slipper Lobster
• Scyllarides squammosus - Scaly Slipper Lobster
• Scyllarus arctus - Lesser slipper lobster
• Squilla mantis - Mediterranean Mantis Shrimp
• Stenopus spinosus - Mediterranean cleaner shrimp
• Stenopus tenuirostris - Blue boxer shrimp
• Stenorhynchus seticornis - Arrow Crab
• Ancylomenes pedersoni - Pederson's cleaner shrimp
• Aniculus aniculus - Multicolor Dwarf Hermit
• Calappa philargius - Sand Box Crab
• Carcinus aestuarii - Mediterranean green crab