Ryan Photographic - Decapoda - Shrimps and crabs
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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