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)

Crustaceans
Imitator Crabs

Spongy Decorator Crab

Cryptic Teardrop Crab

Southern Teardrop Crab



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