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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)

American Broad-front Fiddler

Minucini

East Pacific Land Crab

Johngarthia planata

Mouthless Crab

Cardisoma crassum

River Prawn

Macrobrachium

Woodlice and Pillbugs

Zoosection Crinocheta

Arched Box Crab

Calappa convexa

Ecuadorian Hermit Crab

Coenobita compressus

Racer Mangrove Crab

Goniopsis pulchra

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

Atyid Shrimp

Potimirim glabra

Gulf Ghost Crab

Ocypode occidentalis

Red Land Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus

Square-back Marsh Crab

Genus Armases

Decorator Crabs

Superfamily Majoidea

Megabalanus Barnacle

Genus Megabalanus

Red-leg Hermit Crab

Calcinus californiensis

Teleophrys ruber

Teleophrys ruber

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