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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
Alpheus formosus 2
Mangrove Tree Crab 3
Aratus pisonii
Flame Box Crab 4
Calappa flammea
Mottled Purse Crab 5
Persephona aquilonaris
Spotted Purse Crab 6
Persephona punctata
Mangrove Root Crab 6
Goniopsis cruentata
Mottled Shore Crab 4
Pachygrapsus transversus
Tidal Spray Crab 4
Plagusia depressa
Squareback Marsh Crab 7
Armases cinereum
Purple Marsh Crab 6
Sesarma reticulatum
Gulf Stone Crab 6
Menippe adina
Florida Stone Crab 4
Menippe mercenaria
Flatback Mud Crab 7
Eurypanopeus depressus
Atlantic Mud Crab 6
Panopeus herbstii
Furrowed Mud Crab 4
Panopeus occidentalis
Say's Mud Crab 6
Dyspanopeus sayi
Smooth Mud Crab 6
Hexapanopeus angustifrons
Broadback Mud Crab 6
Eurytium limosum
Estuarine Mud Crab 6
Rhithropanopeus harrisii
Longnose Spider Crab 6
Libinia dubia
Portly Spider Crab 4
Libinia emarginata
Seagrass Spider Crab 4
Libinia erinacea
Parchment Tube Pea Crab 7
Pinnixa chaetopterana
Oyster Pea Crab 6
Zaops ostreus
Spinyhand Swimming Crab 4
Charybdis helleri
Iridescent Swimming Crab 4
Portunus gibbesii
Sargassum Swimming Crab 6
Portunus sayi
Speckled Swimming Crab 1
Arenaeus cribrarius
Blotched Swimming Crab 6
Achelous spinimanus
Blunt-Tooth Swimming Crab 8
Callinectes bocourti
Shelligs 8
Callinectes ornatus
Blue Crab 9
Callinectes sapidus
Lesser Blue Crab 6
Callinectes similis
Lady Crab 1
Ovalipes ocellatus
Hairy Sponge Crab 4
Moreiradromia antillensis
Red-Jointed Fiddler Crab 6
Uca minax
Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab 7
leptuca pugilator
Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab 10
Uca pugnax
Atlantic Ghost Crab 1
Ocypode quadrata
Calico Box Crab 6
Hepatus epheliticus
Atlantic Sand Crab 6
Emerita talpoida
Beach Mole Crab 6
Albunea paretii
Brown-banded Hermit 11
Pagurus annulipes
Longwrist Hermit Crab 12
Pagurus longicarpus
Flat-clawed Hermit Crab 13
Pagurus pollicaris
Thinstripe Hermit 4
Clibanarius vittatus
Spotted Porcelain Crab 4
Porcellana sayana
Green Porcelain Crab 4
Petrolisthes armatus
Eastern Tube Crab 7
Polyonyx gibbesi
Carolinian Ghost Shrimp 6
Callichirus major
Florida Crayfish 14
Procambarus alleni
Cinnamon River Shrimp 6
Macrobrachium acanthurus
Brackish Grass Shrimp 6
Palaemonetes intermedius
Grass Shrimp 15
Palaemonetes pugio
Marsh Grass Shrimp 6
Palaemonetes vulgaris
Bigclaw Snapping Shrimp 6
Alpheus heterochaelis
Green Snapping Shrimp 6
Alpheus normanni
Peppermint Shrimp 4
Lysmata wurdemanni
Arrow Shrimp 4
Tozeuma carolinense
Coastal Mud Shrimp 4
Upogebia affinis
Caribbean Spiny Lobster 16
Panulirus argus
Caroline Aviu Shrimp 6
Acetes americanus carolinae
Faxon's Prawn 6
Lucifer faxoni
White Shrimp 17
Litopenaeus setiferus
Atlantic Seabob
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri
Northern Brown Shrimp 18
Farfantepeneaus aztecus
Pink Shrimp 6
Penaeus duorarum
Tiger Prawn 6
Penaeus monodon
Brown Rock Shrimp 4
Sicyonia brevirostris
Atlantic Rock Shrimp 6
Sicyonia laevigata
Leopard Amphipod 6
Colomastix halichondriae
Tunicate Amphipod 6
Leucothoe spinicarpa
Rhino Skeleton Shrimp 6
Caprella penantis
Common Atlantic Sandhopper 19
Americorchestia longicornis
Redman's Gill Louse 1
Livoneca redmanii
Flat Pillbug 20
Ancinus depressus
Four-toothed Sea Pillbug
Sphaeroma quadridentatum
Wharf Roach 21
Ligia exotica
Dachshund Mantis 6
Coronis scolopendra
Red-Lined Mantis 6
Cloridopsis dubia
Sea Scorpion Mantis 22
Squilla empusa

Edited by matbio, Jose Nunez, and Emily Rose Sharkey

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