Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &
Caribbean Reefs
Spongy Decorator Crab
Macrocoeloma trispinosum
Spongy Decorator Crab
Category: Imitator Crabs
Scientific Name: Macrocoeloma trispinosum
Size: 1 to 2 in. (2.5 to 5 cm)
Depth: 10-250 ft. (3-75 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of America, Brazil
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Epialtidae (Family)
└Pisinae (Subfamily)
└Macrocoeloma (Genus)
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