Sealife guideThe channel clinging crabMaguimithrax spinosissimus

Last updated on 04/20/2024 at 12:20 AM

Taxonomy

Common name: Channel clinging crab, spiny spider crab, Caribbean king crab
French name: Crabe araignée épineux
Scientific name: Maguimithrax spinosissimus (Lamarck, 1818)
Family name: Mithracidae
Order name: Decapoda
Class name: The crustaceans [Malacostraca]

The channel clinging crab (Maguimithrax spinosissimus) © Michael Ludwig | Dreamstime.com

The channel clinging crab (Maguimithrax spinosissimus)

Within the same family

Green clinging crab
(Mithraculus sculptus)

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