Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab
Mithraculus forceps
Red-Ridged Clinging Crab
Also known as: Yellow Coral Crab
Category: Spider Crabs
Scientific Name: Mithraculus forceps
Synonyms: Mithrax forceps
Size: 0.5 to 1 in. (1 to 2.5 cm)  
Depth: 10-45 ft. (3-15 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Bermuda, Gulf of America
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Mithracidae (Family)
       └Mithraculus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Spider Crabs

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab (yellow-brown color variation)

Coral Clinging Crab

Channel Clinging Crab

Banded Clinging Crab



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