Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Banded Clinging Crab
Mithraculus cinctimanus
Banded Clinging Crab
Category: Spider Crabs
Scientific Name: Mithraculus cinctimanus
Size: 0.5 to 0.75 in. (1.25 to 2.5 cm)  
Depth: 10-45 ft. (3-15 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Mithracidae (Family)
       └Mithraculus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Spider Crabs

Banded Clinging Crab

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab (yellow-brown color variation)

Coral Clinging Crab

Channel Clinging Crab



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