Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Speckled Swimming Crab
Arenaeus cribrarius
Speckled Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Arenaeus cribrarius
Size: Up to 5 in. (12 cm)  
Depth: 0-60 ft. (0-18 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Gulf of America, Bahamas, Brazil
Arthropoda (Phylum) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder) True Crabs
        └Portunoidea (Superfamily)
         └Portunidae (Family) Swimming Crabs
          └Portuninae (Subfamily)
           └Arenaeus (Genus)
            └A. cribrarius (Species)
WoRMS ID: 158046🔗
iNaturalist ID: 122198🔗

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