Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &
Caribbean Reefs
Blotched Swimming Crab
Achelous spinimanus
Blotched Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Achelous spinimanus
Synonyms: Portunus spinimanus
Size: 2 to 3 in. (5 to 8 cm)
Depth: 0-300 ft. (0-90 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida, Gulf of America
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Portunoidea (Superfamily)
└Portunidae (Family)
└Achelouinae (Subfamily)
└Achelous (Genus)
└A. spinimanus (Species)
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