Invertebrateverified

Mithrax pleuracanthus

Stimpson, 1871

Shaggy Clinging Crab

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Mithracidae

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

Mithraculus forceps

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Teleophrys ruber

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