Granulated Spider Crab (Amphithrax aculeatus)

Invertebrateverified

Amphithrax aculeatus

(Herbst, 1790)

Granulated Spider Crab

Also known as: Hairy Clinging Crab

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Mithracidae

Where to find it

rare

Anguilla

Other species in Mithracidae

Pitho aculeata

Pitho aculeata

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Mithraculus coryphe

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Mithraculus cinctimanus

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Banded Clinging Crab

Mithraculus sculptus

Mithraculus sculptus

Green Clinging Crab

Mithraculus forceps

Mithraculus forceps

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Teleophrys ruber

Teleophrys ruber

Amphithrax verrucosus

Amphithrax verrucosus

Paved Clinging Crab

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