Location: Palm Beach, Florida
Speckled Swimming Crab
Arenaeus cribrarius
Speckled Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Arenaeus cribrarius
Size: Up to 5 in. (12 cm)
Depth: 0-60 ft. (0-18 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Gulf of America, Bahamas, Brazil
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Portunoidea (Superfamily)
└Portunidae (Family)
└Portuninae (Subfamily)
└Arenaeus (Genus)
└A. cribrarius (Species)
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