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Wild Florida Photo - Order: Decapoda - crayfish, crabs, shrimp and relatives

Order: Decapoda - crayfish, crabs, shrimp and relatives

Volusia Co. FL 06/16/07Leptuca pugilator
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
view from behind while posturing


Members of the Decapoda order at Wild Florida Photo

Aethridae - Crabs

Dolly Varden Crab - front view
Hepatus epheliticus
Dolly Varden Crab

front view

Gecarcinidae - Land Crabs

Blue Land Crab - male at entrance of burrow
Cardisoma guanhumi
Blue Land Crab

male at entrance of burrow

Grapsidae - Marsh crabs, Shore crabs, Talon crabs

Mangrove Tree Crab - tree crab on red mangrove
Aratus pisonii
Mangrove Tree Crab

tree crab on red mangrove

Ocypodidae - Fiddler and Ghost Crabs

Ghost Crab - crab at entrance to burrow viewed from above and behind
Ocypode quadrata
Ghost Crab

crab at entrance to burrow viewed from above and behind

Portunidae - Swimming Crabs

Speckled Swimming Crab - two crabs, one from above and one slightly behind
Arenaeus cribrarius
Speckled Swimming Crab

two crabs, one from above and one slightly behind


Decapoda is a member of the Malacostraca - Terrestrial Crustaceans - Class


Other members of the Malacostraca class

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