Wednesday, August 20, 2009

Looe Key Species List -- Arthropoda

Malacostraca

  • Decapoda
    • Calappidae
      • Calappa gallus (Rough box crab)
    • Carpiliidae
      • Carpilius corallinus (Batwing coral crab)
    • Inachidae
      • Stenorhynchus seticornis (Yellowline arrow crab)
    • Mithracidae
      • Macrocoeloma trispinosum (Spongy decorator crab)
      • Mithraculus sculptus (Green clinging crab)
      • Mithrax hispidus (Coral clinging crab)
      • Mithrax verrucosus (Paved clinging crab)
    • Palaemonidae
      • Periclimenes pedersoni (Pederson cleaner shrimp)
      • Periclimenes yucatanicus (Spotted cleaner shrimp)
    • Palinuridae (Palinurid lobsters)
      • Panulirus argus (Caribbean spiny lobster)
      • Panulirus guttatus (Spotted spiny lobster)
    • Plagusiidae
      • Percnon gibbesi (Nimble spray crab)
    • Portunidae
      • Portunus spinimanus (Blotched swimming crab)
    • Raninidae (Frog crabs)
      • Ranilia muricata (Muricate frog crab)
    • Stenopodidae (Stenopodid shrimps)
      • Stenopus hispidus (Banded coral shrimp)
    • Tychidae
      • Pitho anisodon (Oval urn crab)
    • Xanthidae
      • Cataleptodius floridanus (Spoonfinger rubble crab)
      • Glyptoxanthus erosus (Eroded mud crab)
  • Stomatopoda (Mantis shrimps)
    • Pseudosquillidae
      • Pseudosquilla ciliata (False mantis shrimp)

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