Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Sawedged Spooner Crab
Etisus utilis
Sawedged Spooner Crab
Category: Mud Crabs
Scientific Name: Etisus utilis
Size: carapace up to 6 in. (15cm)  
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Xanthoidea (Superfamily)
         └Xanthidae (Family)
          └Etisus (Genus)
           └E. utilis (Species)

Crustaceans
Mud Crabs

Sawedged Spooner Crab

Mosaic Boxer Crab

Blue-Eyed Coral Crab

Splendid Pebble Crab



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