Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Tidal Spray Crab
Plagusia depressa
Tidal Spray Crab
Category: Spray Crabs
Scientific Name: Plagusia depressa
Size: Up to 2 in. (5 cm)  
Depth: 1-10 ft. (0-3 m)
Distribution: Florida, Bahamas, Bermuda, Caribbean, Gulf of America, Brazil
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Grapsoidea (Superfamily)
         └Plagusiidae (Family)
          └Plagusia (Genus)
           └P. depressa (Species)

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