Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Urchin Carry Crab
Dorippe frascone
Urchin Carry Crab
Category: Sumo Crabs
Scientific Name: Dorippe frascone
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Dorippoidea (Superfamily)
         └Dorippidae (Family)
          └Dorippe (Genus)
           └D. frascone (Species)
WoRMS ID: 209490🔗
iNaturalist ID: 474842🔗

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