Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Florida Stone Crab
Menippe mercenaria
Florida Stone Crab
Category: Stone Crabs
Scientific Name: Menippe mercenaria
Size: Up to 5 in. (13 cm)  
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Eriphioidea (Superfamily)
         └Menippidae (Family)
          └Menippe (Genus)
           └M. mercenaria (Species)

Crustaceans
Stone Crabs

Florida Stone Crab

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