Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Shameface Heart Crab
Cryptosoma balguerii
Shameface Heart Crab
Category: Box Crabs
Scientific Name: Cryptosoma balguerii
Size: Up to 3 in. (7.5 cm)  
Depth: 3-45 ft. (1-15 m)
Distribution: Florida, Caribbean, Bahamas
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Calappoidea (Superfamily)
         └Calappidae (Family)
          └Cryptosoma (Genus)
           └C. balguerii (Species)

Crustaceans
Box Crabs

Shameface Heart Crab

Flame Box Crab

Yellow Box Crab

Tortuga Box Crab



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