Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Nimble Spray Crab
Percnon gibbesi
Nimble Spray Crab
Also known as: Urchin Crab
Category: Spray Crabs
Scientific Name: Percnon gibbesi
Size: 0.75 to 1.5 in. (2 to 4 cm)  
Depth: 3-75 ft. (1-23 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Percnidae (Family)
       └Percnon (Genus)

Crustaceans
Spray Crabs

Nimble Spray Crab

Tidal Spray Crab



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