Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Spongy Decorator Crab
Macrocoeloma trispinosum
Spongy Decorator Crab
Category: Imitator Crabs
Scientific Name: Macrocoeloma trispinosum
Size: 1 to 2 in. (2.5 to 5 cm)  
Depth: 10-250 ft. (3-75 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Florida, Bahamas, Gulf of America, Brazil
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Majoidea (Superfamily)
         └Epialtidae (Family)
          └Pisinae (Subfamily)
           └Macrocoeloma (Genus)
            └M. trispinosum (Species)

Crustaceans
Imitator Crabs

Spongy Decorator Crab

Cryptic Teardrop Crab

Southern Teardrop Crab



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