Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &
Caribbean Reefs
Florida Stone Crab
Menippe mercenaria
Florida Stone Crab
Category: Stone Crabs
Scientific Name: Menippe mercenaria
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Menippidae (Family)
└Menippe (Genus)
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