Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

Xiphonectes longispinosus
Xiphonectes longispinosus
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Xiphonectes longispinosus
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific, Fiji
Indentification tentavive. X. longispinosus is possibly a species complex
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Portunoidea (Superfamily)
         └Portunidae (Family)
          └Portuninae (Subfamily)
           └Xiphonectes (Genus)
            └X. longispinosus (Species)
WoRMS ID: 456151🔗
iNaturalist ID: 701400🔗

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