Ryan Photographic - Crustacea - barnacles, crabs, shrimps etc

 

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Amphipoda - Sand hoppers, skeleton shrimp

Cirripedia - Barnacles

Decapoda - Crabs, shrimps and prawns

Isopoda - Woodlice and relatives

Stomatopoda - Mantis Shrimps

 

Amphipoda

 

Caprellidae Skeleton shrimp

Talitridae Land and beach hoppers

 

Decapoda

I have had the help of several people in identifying these critters. I particularly want to thank Bee Yan Lee, Dr Satish Choy, Dr Peter Ng and Dr. Hsi-Te Shih. Any remaining errors are my own.

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Alpheidae Snapping shrimps

Atyidae Pacific Freshwater shrimps

Belliidae Big hand crabs

Calappidae Box crabs

Cancridae Cancer crabs

Carpiliidae Crabs

Coenobitidae Land hermit crabs, robber crabs

Diogenidae Hermit crabs

Dorippidae Urchin carry crabs

Epialtidae Spider crabs

Ethusidae Sumo crabs

Galatheidae Squat lobsters

Gecarcinidae Land crabs

Gnathophyllidae Bumblebee shrimps

Grapsidae Shore crabs

Hippolytidae Cleaner shrimps, coral shrimps

Hymenosomatidae False Arrow crabs

Inachidae Arrow crabs

Lysmatidae Cleaner shrimp

Majidae Spider crabs

Menippidae Stone crabs

Mithracidae Spider crabs

Mysidae Opossum shrimps

Ocypodidae Fiddler crabs & ghost crabs

Paguridae Hermit crabs

Palaemonidae Rock shrimps & commensal shrimps

Palinuridae Spiny lobsters

Parastacidae Southern Hemisphere Freshwater crayfish

Parthenopidae Elbow crabs

Pisinae Twin spine crabs

Porcellanidae Porcelain crabs

Potamonautidae African Freshwater crabs

Portunidae Swimming crabs

Pseudothelphusidae South American freshwater crabs

Rhynchocinetidae Hinge-beak shrimps

Sesarmidae Land crabs

Scyllaridae Slipper lobsters

Stenopodidae Boxer shrimps

Thalassinidae Mud lobsters

Thoridae Broken back or anemone shrimp

Trapeziidae Coral crabs

Varunidae Varunid mud, shore and freshwater crabs

Xanthidae Round crabs

 

Isopoda

 

Cirolanidae Mostly marine isopods

Cymothoidae Fish parasites

Idoteidae Estuarine isopods

Ligiidae Intertidal isopods

Santiidae Marine isopods

 

Stomatopoda

Lysiosquillidae

Odontodactylidae

Protosquillidae