Speck-Claw Decorator Crab (Omalacantha bicornuta)

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Omalacantha bicornuta

(Latreille, 1825)

Speck-Claw Decorator Crab

Also known as: Two-Horned Spider Crab

Verified againstWoRMS

Taxonomy

Class

Malacostraca

Order

Decapoda

Family

Mithracidae

Where to find it

common

Panama

Other species in Mithracidae

Pitho aculeata

Pitho aculeata

Amphithrax aculeatus

Amphithrax aculeatus

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Maguimithrax spinosissimus

West Indian Spider Crab

Mithraculus coryphe

Mithraculus coryphe

Nodose Clinging Crab

Mithraculus cinctimanus

Mithraculus cinctimanus

Banded Clinging Crab

Mithraculus sculptus

Mithraculus sculptus

Green Clinging Crab

Mithraculus forceps

Mithraculus forceps

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Teleophrys ruber

Teleophrys ruber

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