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Southern Teardrop Crab
Pelia rotunda
Southern Teardrop Crab
Category: Imitator Crabs
Scientific Name: Pelia rotunda
Size: Up to 0.5 in. Up to 1.2 cm)
Distribution: Bahamas, Caribbean, South Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Majoidea (Superfamily)
└Epialtidae (Family)
└Pisinae (Subfamily)
└Pelia (Genus)
└P. rotunda (Species)
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