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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 Crab

Minucini

East Pacific Land Crab

Johngarthia planata

Megabalanus Barnacle

Genus Megabalanus

Red-leg Hermit Crab

Calcinus californiensis

Woodlice and Pillbugs

Zoosection Crinocheta

Arched Box Crab

Calappa convexa

Ecuadorian Hermit Crab

Coenobita compressus

Mouthless Crab

Cardisoma crassum

River Prawn

Macrobrachium

Atyid Shrimp

Potimirim glabra

Genus Pitho

Genus Pitho

Racer Mangrove Crab

Goniopsis pulchra

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

Decorator Crabs

Superfamily Majoidea

Gulf Ghost Crab

Ocypode occidentalis

Red Land Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus

Square-back Marsh Crab

Genus Armases

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