Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Cuban Stone Crab
Menippe nodifrons
Cuban Stone Crab
Category: Stone Crabs
Scientific Name: Menippe nodifrons
Size: Up to 3 in. (7.5 cm)  
Depth: 0-60 ft. (0-18 m)
Distribution: South Florida, Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Eriphioidea (Superfamily)
         └Menippidae (Family)
          └Menippe (Genus)
           └M. nodifrons (Species)

Crustaceans
Stone Crabs

Cuban Stone Crab

Florida Stone Crab



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