Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Xenia Swimming Crab
Caphyra sp. 1
Xenia Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Caphyra sp. 1
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Portunoidea (Superfamily)
         └Portunidae (Family)
          └Thalamitinae (Subfamily)
           └Caphyra (Genus)
            └C. sp. 1 (Species)

Crustaceans
Swimming Crabs

Xenia Swimming Crab

Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab

Charybdis sp. 1

Red Swimming Crab

Hawaiian Swimming Crab

Harlequin Swimming Crab

Sea Cucumber Swimming Crab

Scissor Swimming Crab

Blue Swimming Crab



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