Sealife guideThe sheep crabLoxorhynchus grandis

Taxonomy
  • Common name: Sheep crab, californian sheep crab
  • French name: Crabe araignée mouton californien
  • Scientific name: Loxorhynchus grandis (Stimpson, 1857)
  • Family name: Epialtidae
  • Order name: Decapoda
  • Class name: The crustaceans [Malacostraca]
The sheep crab (Loxorhynchus grandis)
The sheep crab (Loxorhynchus grandis) ©  | Dreamstime.com
Within the same family
Corallimorph decorator crab (Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)
Corallimorph decorator crab
(Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)
Decorator arrow crab (Hyastenus bispinosus)
Decorator arrow crab
(Hyastenus bispinosus)
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Spanish lobster (Scyllarides nodifer)
Spanish lobster
(Scyllarides nodifer)
Spanish slipper lobster (Scyllarides aequinoctialis)
Spanish slipper lobster
(Scyllarides aequinoctialis)
Harlequin crab (Lissocarcinus orbicularis)
Harlequin crab
(Lissocarcinus orbicularis)
Batwing coral crab (Carpilius corallinus)
Batwing coral crab
(Carpilius corallinus)
Ghost crab (Ocypode gaudichaudii)
Ghost crab
(Ocypode gaudichaudii)
Red-spotted guard crab (Trapezia tigrina)
Red-spotted guard crab
(Trapezia tigrina)
Pink hairy squat lobster (Lauriea siagiani)
Pink hairy squat lobster
(Lauriea siagiani)
Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus)
Mediterranean slipper lobster
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The marine species from eastern Pacific ocean
Bat sea star (Patiria miniata)
Bat sea star
(Patiria miniata)
California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher)
California sheephead
(Semicossyphus pulcher)
Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera)
Giant kelp
(Macrocystis pyrifera)
Leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata)
Leopard shark
(Triakis semifasciata)
Mexican hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia)
Mexican hogfish
(Bodianus diplotaenia)
Mosshead warbonnet (Chirolophis nugator)
Mosshead warbonnet
(Chirolophis nugator)
Red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
Red sea urchin
(Mesocentrotus franciscanus)
Sunflower sea star (Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Sunflower sea star
(Pycnopodia helianthoides)
Les destinations de plongée
A stop in Barcelona
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The Getty Center
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The Breakwater Hotel on Ocean Drive
A walk down Ocean Drive
Aquatica water park in Orlando
Aquatica water park
Dive centers
Centre de plongée des Ilets
'Les Ilets' dive center
Noa Plongée
Noa dive center
Sea Dwellers Dive Center
Sea Dwellers Dive Center
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