Euboea biodiversity

This guide has been created to understand which species of fauna and flora existed in Evia (Euboea) in Greece before the Mega Wildfire which destroyed about 1/4 of the island.

Atlantic Blue Crab ¹
Callinectes sapidus

Marbled Crab ²
Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Mediterranean Freshwater Crab ³
Potamon fluviatile

Warty Crab ⁴
Eriphia verrucosa

Rockpool Prawn ⁵
Palaemon elegans

Saint Piran's Hermit Crab ⁶
Clibanarius erythropus

Paguristes eremita ⁷

South-claw Hermit Crab ⁸
Diogenes pugilator

Edited by Chris Taklis, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Euboea biodiversity

Atlantic Blue Crab 1 Callinectes sapidus

Marbled Crab 2 Pachygrapsus marmoratus

Mediterranean Freshwater Crab 3 Potamon fluviatile

Warty Crab 4 Eriphia verrucosa

Rockpool Prawn 5 Palaemon elegans

Saint Piran's Hermit Crab 6 Clibanarius erythropus

Paguristes eremita 7

South-claw Hermit Crab 8 Diogenes pugilator