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Family Gecarcinidae - Land Crabs

Possible Cardisoma guanhumi???? - Cardisoma guanhumi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)

Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)

Superorder Eucarida (Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.))

Order Decapoda (Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp)

Infraorder Brachyura (True Crabs)

Family Gecarcinidae (Land Crabs)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 October, 2010 - 8:39pm

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