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Alpheidae

Snapping shrimps

Common name & details

Synalpheus stimpsoni Stimpson's snapping shrimp on crinoid
   
   
   
   
   
     

Atyidae

Freshwater shrimps

Common name & details

Paratya curvirostris endemic New Zealand fr4eshwater shrimp (family Atyidae) Paratya curvirostris New Zealand freshwater shrimp
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

Cancridae

Dungeness crabs

Common name & details

Cancer novaezelandiae New Zealand rock crab
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

Coenobitidae

Land hermit crabs, robber crabs

Common name & details

Birgus latro Coconut crab or robber crab
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

Diogenidae

Hermit crabs

Common name & details

Blue-eyed hermit crab Hermit crab (Sea of Cortez)
Dardanus guttatus Hermit crab (Fiji)
Dardanus lagopodes Hermit crab (Raja Ampat)
Dardanus megistos Hermit crab (Raja Ampat)
Dardanus pedunculatus  
     
     

Galatheidae

Squat lobsters

Common name & details

Allogalathea elegans Elegant squat lobster on crinoid (Fiji)
   
   
   
   
     
     

Gecarcinidae

Land Crabs

Common name & details

moon crab thumbnail Cardisoma sp A. Land crab (Fiji)
Cardisoma sp. B. Land crab (Fiji)
Gecarcinus quadratus Halloween or moon crab (captive)
Unidentified land crab Belize
 
   
     

Gnathophyllidae

Bumblebee shrimps

Common name & details

Gnathophyllum americanum Bumblebee shrimp (female)
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

Grapsidae

Shore crabs and land crabs

Common name & details

Geograpsus crinipes Brown land crab (Fiji)
Grapsus albolineatus Swift-footed rock crab (Fiji)
Helice crassa New Zealand tunneling mud crab
Varuna litterata Freshwater crab megalopae migrating (Fiji)
   
   
     
     

Hippolytidae

Cleaner shrimps, coral shrimps

Common name & details

Lysmata amboinensis White-banded cleaner shrimp
Parhippolyte uveae Red cave prawn, uradamu
   
   
   
   
     

Hymenosomatidae

False spider crabs

Common name & details

Trigonoplax unguiformis Triangle crab (Fiji, marine)
   
   
   
   
     

Inachidae

Arrow crabs

Common name & details

Panamic arrow crab thumbnail Stenorhynchus debilis Panamic arrow crab (Sea of Cortez)
Stenorhynchus seticornis Arrow crab (Belize)
   
   
   
   
     
     

Majidae

Spider and decorator crabs

Common name & details

Cyclocoeloma tuberculata Decorator crab covered in anemones (Sulawesi)
Hoplophrys oatesii Soft coral crab on soft coral (Sulawesi)
Mithrax spinosissimus King crab (Belize)
Naxioides taurus Soft coral crab on seafan (Raja Ampat)
Notomithrax ursus Camouflage crab (New Zealand)
  Schizophrys aspersa Spider crab on seafan (Fiji)
  Unidentified decorator crab Decorator crab (Sea of Cortez)
  Xenocarcinus conicus Conical crab (Raja Ampat)
  Xenocarcinus tuberculatus Wire coral crab (Fiji?)
     

Mysidae

Opossum shrimps

Common name & details

msyid brackish water shrimp thumbnail Tenagomysis novaezealandiae Opossum shrimp (New Zealand endemic)
   
   
   
   
   
     
     
     

Ocypodidae

Fiddler crabs and ghost crabs

Common name & details

Ocypode ceratopthalma Ghost crab (Fiji)
Ocypode cordimana Little ghost crab (Fiji)
Uca crassipes Red-clawed fiddler crab (Sulawesi)
Uca dussumieri Fiddler crab (Sulawesi)
Uca perplexa Yellow-clawed fiddler crab (Sulawesi)
Uca tetragonon Fiddler crab (Sulawesi)
  Uca vocans Fiddler crab (Sulawesi)
     
     

Palaemonidae

Rock shrimps and commensal shrimps

Common name & details

Palaemon affinis New Zealand coastal shrimp
Periclimenes brevicarpalis Anemone shrimp
Periclimenes pedersoni Pederson's cleaning shrimp (Belize)
Periclimenes psamathe Black coral shrimp (Raja Ampat)
Periclimenes soror "Imperial" shrimp on cushionstar (Fiji)
Periclimenes tenuipes? Shrimp (Fiji)
  Periclimenes tosaensis? Anemone shrimp
  Vir philippinensis Bubble coral shrimp (Sulawesi)
     

Paguridae

Hermit crabs

Common name & details

Paguritta hermit crab thumbnail Manucomplanus varians Staghorn hermit crab (Sea of Cortez)
Paguritta harmsi Coral hermit crab (Raja Ampat)
Paguritta sp. Stars and stripes hermit crab (Fiji)
   
   
   
     

Palinuridae

Spiny lobsters, rock lobsters, langouste

Common name & details

Jasus edwardsii New Zealand rock loster or crayfish
Panulirus versicolor Painted spiny lobster (Fiji)
   
   
   
     
     

Parastacidae

Freshwater crayfish

Common name & details

Cherax destructor Yabby (Australia)
Euastacus armatus Giant Murray River crayfish (Australia)
Paranethrops zealandicus New Zealand freshwater crayfish (rare blue morph)
   
   
     
     

Porcellanidae

Porcelain crabs

Common name & details

Neopetrolisthes maculata Porcelain crab on sea anemone (Fiji)
   
   
   
   
     
     

Rhynchocinetidae

Hinge-beak shrimps

Common name

Rhynchocinetes uritai Urita's hinge-beak shrimp
   
   
   
   
   
     

Scyllaridae

Slipper lobsters

Common name

slipper lobster Scyllarides Slipper lobster (Belize)
Scyllarides astori Rock slipper lobster (Sea of Cortze)
   
   
   
   
     

Sesarmidae

Land Crabs

Common name

Sesarma impressum, land crab Labuanium rotundatum? Golden tree crab (Fiji)
Sesarma impressum Purple land crab (Fiji)
Rough-clawed Solomons land crab Unidentified rough-clawed land crab (Solomon Islands)
Solomon Islands red-clawed land crab Unidentified red-clawed land crab (Solomon Islands)
Unidentified red-clawed land crab Unidentified red-clawed land crab (Fiji)
   
     

Stenopodidae

Boxer shrimps

Common name

Stenopus hispidus Banded coral shrimp, barber pole shrimp
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

Xanthidae

Round crabs

Common name

Pseudocarinus gigas Giant Tasmanian crab
   
   
   
   
     
     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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