Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Cuban Stone Crab
Menippe nodifrons
Cuban Stone Crab
Category: Stone Crabs
Scientific Name: Menippe nodifrons
Size: Up to 3 in. (7.5 cm)  
Depth: 0-60 ft. (0-18 m)
Distribution: South Florida, Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Menippidae (Family)
       └Menippe (Genus)

Crustaceans
Stone Crabs

Cuban Stone Crab

Florida Stone Crab



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