Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Harlequin Swimming Crab
Lissocarcinus laevis
Harlequin Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Lissocarcinus laevis
Size: Up to 5/8 in. (1.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Portunoidea (Superfamily)
         └Portunidae (Family)
          └Thalamitinae (Subfamily)
           └Lissocarcinus (Genus)
            └L. laevis (Species)

Crustaceans
Swimming Crabs

Harlequin Swimming Crab

Sea Cucumber Swimming Crab

Scissor Swimming Crab

Blue Swimming Crab

Xenia Swimming Crab

Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab

Charybdis sp. 1

Red Swimming Crab

Hawaiian Swimming Crab



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