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)
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