Crustaceans & Horseshoe Crabs

Crustaceans & Horseshoe Crabs

This section contains the species and subspecies currently documented in Crustaceans & Horseshoe Crabs.

Aethridae

Dolly Varden crab — Hepatus epheliticus

Armadillidiidae

Giant neon yellow isopod — Armadillidium gestroi

Panda king isopod — Cubaris sp. « Panda King »

Astacidae

Noble crayfish — Astacus astacus

Atyidae

Sulawesi fan shrimp — Atyoida pilipes

Wood shrimp — Atyopsis moluccensis

Crystal red bee shrimp — Caridina logemanni

Calappidae

Giant box crab — Calappa calappa

Shame-faced crab — Calappa granulata

Red-streaked box crab — Calappa lophos

Cirolanidae

Giant isopod — Bathynomus giganteus

Coenobitidae

Coconut crab — Birgus latro

Caribbean hermit crab — Coenobita clypeatus

Strawberry hermit-crab — Coenobita perlatus

Diogenidae

Electric blue hermit-crab — Calcinus elegans

Big-clawed hermit-crab — Calcinus laevimanus

Intertidal hermit-crab — Clibanarius erythropus

Common stripe-legged hermit crab — Clibanarius striolatus

Greater hermit-crab — Dardanus arrosor

Large hermit-crab — Dardanus calidus

White-spotted hermit-crab — Dardanus megistos

Enoplometopidae

Crosnier’s reef lobster — Enoplometopus crosnieri

Violet-spotted reef lobster — Enoplometopus debelius

Galatheidae

Spinous squat lobster — Galathea strigosa

Gecarcinidae

African rainbow crab — Cardisoma armatum

Blue land crab — Tuerkayana hirtipes

Inachidae

Spider decorator crab — Camposcia retusa

Inachoididae

Yellowline arrow crab — Stenorhynchus seticornis

Limulidae

Mangrove horseshoe crab — Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

Atlantic horseshoe crab — Limulus polyphemus

Indian horseshoe crab — Tachypleus gigas

Chinese horseshoe crab — Tachypleus tridentatus

Lithodidae

Puget Sound king crab — Echidnocerus cibarius

Red king crab — Paralithodes camtschaticus

Lysiosquillidae

Zebra mantis-shrimp — Lysiosquilla maculata

Lysmatidae

Scarlet cleaner shrimp — Lysmata debelius

Macrocheiridae

Japanese spider-crab — Macrocheira kaempferi

Majidae

Lesser spider crab — Maja crispata

Nephropidae

American lobster — Homarus americanus

Ocypodidae

Calling fiddler crab — Gelasimus vocans

Acute fiddler crab — Tubuca acuta

Bowed fiddler crab — Tubuca arcuata

Odontodactylidae

Peacock mantis shrimp — Odontodactylus scyllarus

Oregoniidae

Beni-Zuwai crab — Chionoecetes japonicus

Palaemonidae

Giant river prawn — Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Palinuridae

Southern rock lobster — Jasus edwardsii

Japanese spiny lobster — Panulirus japonicus

Long-legged spiny lobster — Panulirus longipes longipes

Ornate spiny lobster — Panulirus ornatus

Painted spiny lobster — Panulirus versicolor

Banded whip lobster — Puerulus angulatus

Pandalidae

California spot prawn — Pandalus platyceros

Parastacidae

New Guinea red-clawed crayfish — Cherax albertisii

Common red-clawed crayfish — Cherax quadricarinatus

Porcellionidae

Yellow ghost isopod — Porcellio bolivari

Titan isopod — Porcellio hoffmannseggi

Swift woodlouse — Porcellio laevis

Pseudocarcinidae

Tasmanian giant crab — Pseudocarcinus gigas

Rhynchocinetidae

Durban hingebeak shrimp — Rhynchocinetes durbanensis

Scyllaridae

Smooth fan lobster — Ibacus novemdentatus

Lesser slipper lobster — Scyllarus arctus

Sesarmidae

Violet vinegar crab — Episesarma versicolor

Neon-face mangrove crab — Parasesarma eumolpe

Fujian mangrove crab — Sinosesarma tangi

Stenopodidae

Banded coral shrimp — Stenopus hispidus

Xanthidae

Red egg crab — Atergatis integerrimus

Red reef crab — Atergatis subdentatus

White-spotted reef crab — Lophozozymus pictor