Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean 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)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Portunidae (Family)
       └Portuninae (Subfamily)
        └Arenaeus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Swimming Crabs

Speckled Swimming Crab

Ornate Blue Crab

Atlantic Blue Crab

Sargassum Swimming Crab

Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab

Blackpoint Sculling Crab

Redhair Swimming Crab

Ocellate Swimming Crab

Blotched Swimming Crab



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