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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » True Crabs (Brachyura) » Swimming Crabs (Portunidae)

Family Portunidae - Swimming Crabs

 
 
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Achelous · Arenaeus · Callinectes · Carcinus · Ovalipes

Genus Achelous
Achelous spinimanus

Genus Arenaeus
Speckled Crab - Arenaeus cribrarius Arenaeus cribrarius Arenaeus cribrarius Arenaeus cribrarius Arenaeus cribrarius? - Arenaeus cribrarius Speckled swimming crab? - Arenaeus cribrarius Speckled Swimming Crab - Arenaeus cribrarius Speckled Swimming Crab - Arenaeus cribrarius

Genus Callinectes
Callinectes - Callinectes sapidus Callinectes - Callinectes sapidus Callinectes - Callinectes sapidus Atlantic Blue Crab - Callinectes sapidus - male male Blue Crab - Callinectes sapidus Swimming Crab - Callinectes sapidus Callinectes ornatus Atlantic Blue Crab - Callinectes sapidus

Genus Carcinus
Carcinus maenas - male Unknown Crab - Carcinus maenas - male Unknown Crab - Carcinus maenas - male Very Young Green Crab? - Carcinus maenas Carcinus maenas - male Green Crab - Carcinus maenas tiny crab in tidepool - Carcinus maenas Carcinus maenas

Genus Ovalipes
Leopard-spotted crab - Ovalipes ocellatus Leopard-spotted crab - Ovalipes ocellatus Lady Crab - Ovalipes ocellatus Lady Crab - Ovalipes ocellatus Lady Crab - Ovalipes ocellatus Ovalipes ocellatus

 
 
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