MatBio Oyster Reef Biota

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 ↓

Common Blue Crab ¹
Callinectes sapidus

Marsh Grass Shrimp ²
Palaemonetes vulgaris

Florida stone crab ³
Menippe mercenaria

Flatback Mud Crab ⁴
Eurypanopeus depressus

Atlantic Mud Crab ¹
Panopeus herbstii

Furrowed Mud Crab ⁵
Panopeus occidentalis

Say's Mud Crab ⁶
Dyspanopeus sayi

Smooth Mud Crab ⁷
Hexapanopeus angustifrons

Broadback Mud Crab ⁸
Eurytium limosum

Estuarine Mud Crab ⁹
Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Longnose Spider Crab ¹
Libinia dubia

Brown-banded Hermit ¹⁰
Pagurus annulipes

Longwrist Hermit Crab ¹¹
Pagurus longicarpus

Flat-clawed Hermit Crab ¹²
Pagurus pollicaris

Thinstripe Hermit ⁵
Clibanarius vittatus

Green Porcelain Crab ⁵
Petrolisthes armatus

Grass Shrimp ¹³
Palaemonetes pugio

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MatBio Oyster Reef Biota

Common Blue Crab 1 Callinectes sapidus

Marsh Grass Shrimp 2 Palaemonetes vulgaris

Florida stone crab 3 Menippe mercenaria

Flatback Mud Crab 4 Eurypanopeus depressus

Atlantic Mud Crab 1 Panopeus herbstii

Furrowed Mud Crab 5 Panopeus occidentalis

Say's Mud Crab 6 Dyspanopeus sayi

Smooth Mud Crab 7 Hexapanopeus angustifrons

Broadback Mud Crab 8 Eurytium limosum

Estuarine Mud Crab 9 Rhithropanopeus harrisii

Longnose Spider Crab 1 Libinia dubia

Brown-banded Hermit 10 Pagurus annulipes

Longwrist Hermit Crab 11 Pagurus longicarpus

Flat-clawed Hermit Crab 12 Pagurus pollicaris

Thinstripe Hermit 5 Clibanarius vittatus

Green Porcelain Crab 5 Petrolisthes armatus

Grass Shrimp 13 Palaemonetes pugio