Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Scissor Swimming Crab
Lupocyclus philippinensis
Scissor Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Lupocyclus philippinensis
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Portunidae (Family)
       └Lupocyclinae (Subfamily)
        └Lupocyclus (Genus)

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