Florent's Guide To The

Hawaiian Reefs

Red Swimming Crab
Gonioinfradens paucidentatus
Red Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Gonioinfradens paucidentatus
Synonyms: Charybdis paucidentata
Size: Up to 3 in. (8 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Portunoidea (Superfamily)
         └Portunidae (Family)
          └Thalamitinae (Subfamily)
           └Gonioinfradens (Genus)
            └G. paucidentatus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 1250203🔗
iNaturalist ID: 497752🔗

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