Florent's Guide To The Florida, Bahamas &

Caribbean Reefs

Ocellate Swimming Crab
Achelous sebae
Ocellate Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Achelous sebae
Synonyms: Portunus sebae
Size: 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm)  
Depth: 20-90 ft. (6-27 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
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. sebae (Species)

Crustaceans
Swimming Crabs

Ocellate Swimming Crab

Blotched Swimming Crab

Speckled Swimming Crab

Ornate Blue Crab

Atlantic Blue Crab

Sargassum Swimming Crab

Indo-Pacific Swimming Crab

Blackpoint Sculling Crab

Redhair Swimming Crab



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