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Mithraculus forceps

A. Milne-Edwards, 1875

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Also known as: Red Ridged Clinging Crab, Common Spider Crab

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Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Mithracidae

Where to find it

rare

Panama

Other species in Mithracidae

Pitho aculeata

Amphithrax aculeatus

Granulated Spider Crab

Maguimithrax spinosissimus

West Indian Spider Crab

Mithraculus coryphe

Nodose Clinging Crab

Mithraculus cinctimanus

Banded Clinging Crab

Mithraculus sculptus

Green Clinging Crab

Teleophrys ruber

Amphithrax verrucosus

Paved Clinging Crab