Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Shameface Heart Crab
Cryptosoma balguerii
Shameface Heart Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Cryptosoma balguerii
Size: Up to 3 in. (7.5 cm)  
Depth: 3-45 ft. (1-15 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
Arthropoda (Phylum) Arthropods
└Crustacea (Subphylum) Crustaceans
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass) Typical Crustaceans
  └Malacostraca (Class) Malacostracans
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass) Decapods, Isopods, and Allies
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order) Decapods
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder) True Crabs
        └Calappoidea (Superfamily)
         └Calappidae (Family) Box Crabs
          └Cryptosoma (Genus)
           └C. balguerii (Species)
WoRMS ID: 421920🔗
iNaturalist ID: 701332🔗

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