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Crabs (122)
General description
Crabs are the common name for any of a group of crustaceans characterized by a reduced abdomen and an enlarged and broadened anterior portion of the body. Mainly marine, some crabs live in fresh water or on land. Crabs are divided into two groups: true crabs (about 4500 species) and hermit crabs and their allies (about 1400 species). They are related to lobsters and shrimps, but their evolutionary development has enabled them to walk or run sideways and to burrow as well as swim. Mostly active a
[Further read]
nimals with complex behavior patterns, crabs have compound eyes and can see well. The senses of smell and taste, also well developed, allow them to identify both food and prospective mates.
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Achaeus (2)
A. japonicus
Orang utang Crab
A. spinosus
[Nach Oben]
Actaeinae (1)
A. sp.
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Actaeodes (1)
A. tomentosus
Mud crab
[Nach Oben]
Actumnus (1)
A. asper
Hairy crab
[Nach Oben]
Arcania (1)
A. undecimspinosa
Pebble Crab
[Nach Oben]
Ashtoret (1)
A. lunaris (Forsskål, 1775)
Spotted moon crab, Yellow moon crab
[Nach Oben]
Atergatis (1)
A. floridus
greenegg crab
[Nach Oben]
Calappa (4)
C. calappa
Shame faced crab, Giant Box crab
C. hepatica
Smooth box crab, Reef box crab, Pokipoki
C. sp. 2
shame faced crab, box crab
C. spec.
shame faced crab
[Nach Oben]
Camposcia (1)
C. retusa
Decorator Crab
[Nach Oben]
Cancer (1)
C. pagurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Edible crab, Brown crab
[Nach Oben]
Caphyra (2)
C. laevis
Swimmer crab
C. rotundifrons
Turtle weed crab
[Nach Oben]
Carcinus (1)
C. maenas
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Carpilius (3)
C. convexus
Variable coral crab
C. corallinus (Herbst, 1783)
Batwing Coral Crab, Red Coral Crab, Queen Crab
C. maculatus
spotted reef crab
[Nach Oben]
Charybdis (2)
C. acutifrons
Swimmer crab
C. sp.
Rainbow Swimming Crab
[Nach Oben]
Chlorodiella (5)
C. cytherea
C. nigra
C. sp.
C. sp. 01
Black Crabb
C. sp. 02
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Cryptodromia (1)
C. sp.
Sponge crab
[Nach Oben]
Cyclocoeloma (1)
C. tuberculata
Decorator Crab
[Nach Oben]
Cyclodius (1)
C. sp.
Hairy Xanthid crab
[Nach Oben]
Cymo (3)
C. andreossyi (Audouin, 1826)
White finger coral crab
C. barunae (Ho & Ng, 2005)
Orange finger coral crab
C. melanodactylus (de Haan, 1833)
Blue Eyed Crab
[Nach Oben]
Daldorfia (1)
D. horrida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rubble crab, Horrid elbow crab
[Nach Oben]
Dorippe (1)
D. sp.
Urchin crab, Porter crab
[Nach Oben]
Dromia (1)
D. dormia
Sleepy Sponge Crab
[Nach Oben]
Eriphia (1)
E. verrucosa
Yellow shore crab
[Nach Oben]
Etisus (1)
E. splendidus
Red Crab
[Nach Oben]
Eupilumnus (1)
E. sp.
Hairy crab
[Nach Oben]
Fungicola (1)
F. sp.
Fungicola sp.
[Nach Oben]
Grapsus (3)
G. albolineatus (Lamarck, 1818)
Mottled Sally light foot crab
G. grapsus
Sally Lightfoot crab
G. tenuicristatus
Surf rock crab
[Nach Oben]
Hemigrapsus (2)
H. sanguineus
H. tanakoi
Asian Shore Crab, Brush Clawed Shore Crab, Pencil Crab
[Nach Oben]
Hoplophrys (1)
H. oatesii
Dendronephtya Crab
[Nach Oben]
Huenia (1)
H. heraldica
Arrowhead Crab
[Nach Oben]
Inachus (1)
I. sp.
Inachus sp.
[Nach Oben]
Krabbe (1)
K. 03 unbekannter Art
crabb
[Nach Oben]
Leucosia (1)
L. anatum
Pebble Crab
[Nach Oben]
Liomera (2)
L. cinctimana
L. sp. 01
Crabb
[Nach Oben]
Lissocarcinus (2)
L. laevis
Swimmer Crabs
L. orbicularis
Sea cucumber crab, Little harlequin crab
[Nach Oben]
Lophozozymus (1)
L. edwardsi
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Lybia (1)
L. tesselata
Boxer Crab
[Nach Oben]
Maja (1)
M. squinado (Herbst, 1788)
European spider crab, Spiny spider crab, Spinous spider crab
[Nach Oben]
Majoidea (1)
M. sp.
Spider crab
[Nach Oben]
Maya (1)
M. sp. 01
Crabb
[Nach Oben]
Mictyris (1)
M. longicarpus
soldier crab
[Nach Oben]
Mithraculus (2)
M. forceps
red ridged clinging crab
M. sculptus
Emerald Mythrax Crab
[Nach Oben]
Naxioides (1)
N. taurus
Bull crab Spider Crab
[Nach Oben]
Neoliomera (2)
N. insularis
Crabb
N. pubescens
strawberry crab
[Nach Oben]
Ozius (1)
O. sp.
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Pachygrapsus (3)
P. marmoratus
marbled rock crab
P. minutus
Pachygrapsus minutus
P. sp.
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Parthenopoidea (1)
P. sp.
Elbow crab
[Nach Oben]
Percnon (3)
P. gibbesi
Sally Lightfoot Crab
P. guinotae
Shore crab
P. planissimum
Sally Lightfoot Crab
[Nach Oben]
Pilodius (2)
P. sp.
Pilodius sp.
P. sp.2
[Nach Oben]
Pilumnus (7)
P. cf. hirtellus
Pilumnus cf. hirtellus
P. hirtellus
Bristly crab
P. sp.
Pilumnus sp.
P. sp. 01
Crab
P. sp. 02
Crab
P. sp. nov. Guam
Pilumnus sp. nov. Guam
P. vespertilio
Bad day hair crab, Bristle crab, Camouflaged crab, Hairy crab, Teddy bear crab
[Nach Oben]
Pinnotheridae (1)
P.
Pea Crab
[Nach Oben]
Plagusia (1)
P. squamosa (Herbst, 1790)
Scaly rock crab
[Nach Oben]
Platypodia (1)
P. granulosa (Rüppell, 1830)
Crested reef crab, Granulated Flatfoot
[Nach Oben]
Platypodiella (2)
P. sp.
P. spectabilis
Gaudy Clown Crab
[Nach Oben]
Portunus (2)
P. hastatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Portunus hastatus
P. holsatus
Crabb
[Nach Oben]
Quadrella (2)
Q. maculosa
Black Coral Crab or Trapeziid crab
Q. sp. 01
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Schizophrys (1)
S. aspera
Decorator crab
[Nach Oben]
Stenorhynchus (3)
S. debilis
Pacific Arrow Crab
S. lanceolatus
Arrow crab
S. seticornis
yellowline arrow crab
[Nach Oben]
Tetralia (2)
T. cavimana
Reef Crab
T. nigrolineata
Coral Crab
[Nach Oben]
Thalamita (4)
T. coeruleipes
swimming crabs
T. sp.
Swimming crab
T. sp. 01
Crabb
T. sp. 02
Thalamita sp.
[Nach Oben]
Trapezia (5)
T. cymodoce
Coral crab
T. rufopunctata
Trapezia rufopunctata
T. septata
Coral Crab
T. sp.
Trapezia species
T. tigrina
red spotted guard crab
[Nach Oben]
Tweedieia (1)
T. sp.
[Nach Oben]
Tylocarcinus (1)
T. styx (Herbst, 1803)
Underworld spider crab
[Nach Oben]
unbek. (1)
U. Krabbe 01
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Urnalana (1)
U. purarensis
pebble crab
[Nach Oben]
Xanthias (3)
X. lamarcki
Xanthias lamarcki
X. punctatus
Xanthias punctatus
X. tetraodon
Crab
[Nach Oben]
Xanthidae (2)
X. sp. 02
Crab
X. sp. 1
Mottled Round crab
[Nach Oben]
Xantho (2)
X. hydrophilus (Herbst, 1790)
Blue stone crab
X. pilipes (A. Milne-Edwards, 1867)
Risso's crab, Furrowed Crab, Less furrowed xanthid crab
[Nach Oben]
Xenocarcinus (3)
X. conicus
Conical crab
X. depressus
Conical crab
X. tuberculatus
Wire coral crab
[Nach Oben]
Zebrida (1)
Z. adamsii
Zebra crab
[Nach Oben]
Zosimus (1)
Z. aeneus
Devil Crab
[Nach Oben]
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