Crabs: Order Decapoda

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Family: Geryonidae (Deep-sea crabs)

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Chaceon affinis
Geryon trispinosus
Zariquieyon inflatus

Family: Glyptograpsidae (Central American crabs)

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Glyptograpsus jamaicensis
Platychirograpsus spectabilis

Family: Goneplacidae

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Bathyplax typhla
Carcinoplax spinosissima
Entricoplax vestita
Exopheticus insignis
Goneplacoides marivenae
Goneplax rhomboides
Guinoplax apheles.
Hadroplax nipponensis
Litochira angustifrons
Menoplax longispinosa
Microgoneplax danielae
Neogoneplax renoculis
Neommatocarcinus huttoni
Notonyx musuppocenta
Ommatocarcinus pulcher
Paragoneplax serenei
Pedroplax megalops
Psopheticus hughi
Pycnoplax victoriensis
Singhaplax platypoda
Thyraplax cristata

Family: Grapsidae (Marsh crabs)

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Geograpsus lividus
Goniopsis cruentata
Grapsus grapsus
Leptograpsodes octodentatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Metapograpssus latifrons
Pachygrapsus crassipes
Planes minutus

Family: Hapalogastridae (King crabs)

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Acantholithodes hispidus
Dermaturus mandtii
Hapalogaster cavicauda
Oedignathus inermis
Placetron wosnessenskii

Family: Heloeciidae (Semaphore crabs)

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Heloecius cordiformis

Family: Hexapodidae (Six-legged crabs)

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Hexalaughlia chuenensis
Hexapinus simplex
Hexaplax aurantium
Hexapus bidentatus
Lambdophallus sexpes
Latohexapus granosus
Mariaplax hispida
Paeduma cylindraceum
Parahexapus africanus
Pseudohexapus platydactylus
Rayapinus maenosonoi
Spiroplax spiralis
Stevea williamsi
Thaumastoplax orientalis
Theoxapus buchanani
Tritoplax stebbingi

Family: Hippidae (Mole crabs)

Genus and Selected SpeciesImage
Emerita analoga
Hippa adactyla
Mastigochirus gracilis

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