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MatBio: CRABS, SHRIMPS, JELLYFISH, SEA STARS & OTHERS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Blue Land Crab 1
Cardisoma guanhumi
Mangrove Tree Crab 2
Aratus pisonii
Flame Box Crab 3
Calappa flammea
Mottled Purse Crab 4
Persephona aquilonaris
Spotted Purse Crab 5
Persephona punctata
Mangrove Root Crab 5
Goniopsis cruentata
Mottled Shore Crab 3
Pachygrapsus transversus
Tidal Spray Crab 3
Plagusia depressa
Squareback Marsh Crab 6
Armases cinereum
Purple Marsh Crab 5
Sesarma reticulatum
Gulf Stone Crab 5
Menippe adina
Florida Stone Crab 3
Menippe mercenaria
Flatback Mud Crab 6
Eurypanopeus depressus
Atlantic Mud Crab 5
Panopeus herbstii
Furrowed Mud Crab 3
Panopeus occidentalis
Say's Mud Crab 5
Dyspanopeus sayi
Smooth Mud Crab 5
Hexapanopeus angustifrons
Broadback Mud Crab 5
Eurytium limosum
Estuarine Mud Crab 5
Rhithropanopeus harrisii
Longnose Spider Crab 5
Libinia dubia
Portly Spider Crab 3
Libinia emarginata
Seagrass Spider Crab 3
Libinia erinacea
Parchment Tube Pea Crab 6
Pinnixa chaetopterana
Oyster Pea Crab 5
Zaops ostreus
Spinyhand Swimming Crab 3
Charybdis helleri
Iridescent Swimming Crab 3
Portunus gibbesii
Sargassum Swimming Crab 5
Portunus sayi
Speckled Swimming Crab 1
Arenaeus cribrarius
Blotched Swimming Crab 5
Achelous spinimanus
Blunt-Tooth Swimming Crab 7
Callinectes bocourti
Shelligs 7
Callinectes ornatus
Blue Crab 8
Callinectes sapidus
Lesser Blue Crab 5
Callinectes similis
Lady Crab 1
Ovalipes ocellatus
Hairy Sponge Crab 3
Moreiradromia antillensis
Red-Jointed Fiddler Crab 5
Uca minax
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab 6
leptuca pugilator
Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab 9
Uca pugnax
Atlantic Ghost Crab 1
Ocypode quadrata
Calico Box Crab 5
Hepatus epheliticus

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

Photo Credits

  • 1. (c) Jose Nunez, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Jose Nunez
  • 2. (c) Chuck Sexton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chuck Sexton
  • 3. (c) Bernadette, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Bernadette
  • 4. (c) Mike Brady, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Mike Brady
  • 5. (c) matbio, all rights reserved
  • 6. (c) Crabby Taxonomist, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
  • 7. (c) bathyporeia, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
  • 8. (c) Reinaldo Aguilar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)
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