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Alpheidae

Snapping shrimps

Common name & details

Synalpheus stimpsoni Stimpson's snapping shrimp on crinoid
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

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

Dardanus sp. Hermit crab (Fiji)
Dardanus pedunculatus Anemone hermit crab (Fiji)
   
   
   
     
     

Galatheidae

Squat lobsters

Common name & details

Allogalathea elegans Elegant squat lobster on crinoid (Fiji)
   
   
   
   
     
     

Gecarcinidae

Land Crabs

Common name & details

Cardisoma sp. Land crab
Solomon's red-clawed land crab Red-clawed land crab
Solomon's rough-clawed land crab Rough-clawed land crab
   
   
     
     

Gnathophyllidae

Bumblebee shrimps

Common name & details

Gnathophyllum americanum Bumblebee shrimp (female)
   
   
   
   
   
     
     

Grapsidae

Shore crabs and land crabs

Common name & details

Grapsus sp. 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)
   
   
   
   
     
     

Majidae

Spider and decorator crabs

Common name & details

Achaeus japonicus Bubble coral spider crab (Sulawesi)
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata Decorator crab covered in anemones (Sulawesi)
Hoplophrys oatesii Soft coral crab on soft coral (Sulawesi)
Naxioides taurus Soft coral crab on seafan (Fiji)
Notomithrax ursus Camouflage crab (New Zealand)
  Schizophrys aspersa Spider crab on seafan (Fiji)
  Xenocarcinus tuberculatus Black coral crab on seawhip (Sulawesi)
     
     

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

Periclimenes brevicarpalis Anemone shrimp
Periclimenes imperator Imperial shrimp on cushionstar (Fiji)
Vir philippinensis Bubble coral shrimp (Sulawesi)
   
   

 

   
     
     

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
   
   
   
   
   
     

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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