Florent's Guide To The

South Florida Reefs

Gaudy Clown Crab
Platypodiella spectabilis
Gaudy Clown Crab
Category: Mud Crabs
Scientific Name: Platypodiella spectabilis
Size: Up to 0.75 in. (2 cm)  
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Xanthoidea (Superfamily)
         └Xanthidae (Family)
          └Platypodiella (Genus)
           └P. spectabilis (Species)

Crustaceans
Mud Crabs

Gaudy Clown Crab



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