Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Urchin Carry Crab
Dorippe frascone
Urchin Carry Crab
Category: Sumo Crabs
Scientific Name: Dorippe frascone
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Dorippidae (Family)
       └Dorippe (Genus)

Crustaceans
Sumo Crabs

Urchin Carry Crab



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