Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Shameface Heart Crab
Cryptosoma bairdii
Shameface Heart Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Cryptosoma bairdii
Size: Up to 3 in. (7.5 cm)  
Depth: 3-45 ft. (1-15 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Calappidae (Family)
       └Cryptosoma (Genus)

Crustaceans
Box Crabs

Shameface Heart Crab

Two Horn Box Crab

Giant Box Crab

Flame Box Crab

Rough Box Crab

Yellow Box Crab

Tortuga Box Crab



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