Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Xenia Swimming Crab
Caphyra sp. 1
Xenia Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Caphyra sp. 1
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: West Pacific, Indonesia
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Portunidae (Family)
       └Thalamitinae (Subfamily)
        └Caphyra (Genus)

Crustaceans
Swimming Crabs

Xenia Swimming Crab

Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab

Charybdis sp. 1

Blackpoint Sculling Crab

Red Swimming Crab

Hawaiian Swimming Crab

Harlequin Swimming Crab

Sea Cucumber Swimming Crab

Redhair Swimming Crab

Ocellate Swimming Crab

Blotched Swimming Crab

Scissor Swimming Crab

Speckled Swimming Crab

Ornate Blue Crab

Atlantic Blue Crab

Blue Swimming Crab

Sargassum Swimming Crab



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