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Crustaceans of Zihuatanejo

SUBPHYLUM CRUSTACEA

Animals Kingdom (Animalia)

  • Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

  • Crustaceans (Subphylum Crustacea)

  • Typical Crustaceans (Superclass Multicrustacea)

  • Malacostracans (Class Malacostraca)

  • Decapods, Isopods, and Allies (Subclass Eumalacostraca)

  • Decapods and Krill (Superorder Eucarida)

  • Decapods (Order Decapoda)

  • Crabs, Lobsters, Shrimps, and Allies (Suborder Pleocyemata)

Racer Mangrove Crab

Goniopsis pulchra

Square-back Marsh Crab

Genus Armases

Red-leg Hermit Crab

Calcinus californiensis

American Broad-front Fiddler Crab

Minucini

Arched Box Crab

Calappa convexa

River Prawn

Macrobrachium

Gulf Ghost Crab

Ocypode occidentalis

Mouthless Crab

Cardisoma crassum

Red Land Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus

Ecuadorian Hermit Crab

Coenobita compressus

Atyid Shrimp

Potimirim glabra

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

East Pacific Land Crab

Johngarthia planata

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