Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Coral Clinging Crab
Mithrax hispidus
Coral Clinging Crab
Category: Spider Crabs
Scientific Name: Mithrax hispidus
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)  
Depth: 15-215 ft. (5-66 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Majoidea (Superfamily)
         └Mithracidae (Family)
          └Mithrax (Genus)
           └M. hispidus (Species)

Crustaceans
Spider Crabs

Coral Clinging Crab

Channel Clinging Crab

Banded Clinging Crab

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab (yellow-brown color variation)



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