globose shore crab

Cyclograpsus integer

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Varunidae

Thirty-two species of decapod crustaceans have been recorded in Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. This includes eighteen species of true crabs (infraorder Brachyura); three species of hermit crab; one species of porcelain crab (infraorder Anomura); and eleven species of freshwater shrimp (infraorder Caridea).

Distribution

globose shore crab — (c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 18United Kingdom · 5Brazil · 3France · 2Mexico · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Josiah Londerée, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionList of decapod crustaceans of Dominica, Wikipedia contributors

globose shore crab

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