Heart Urchin Pea Crab
Dissodactylus primitivus
Heart Urchin Pea Crab
Category: Pea Crabs
Scientific Name: Dissodactylus primitivus
Size: Up to 0.5 in. (1.2 cm)
Depth: 3-130 ft. (1-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas
Note: Lives underside of sea urchin Meoma ventricosaArthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Pinnotheridae (Family)
└Dissodactylus (Genus)
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