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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Stone Crabs

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