Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Channel Clinging Crab
Maguimithrax spinosissimus
Channel Clinging Crab
Also known as: King Crab, Reef Spider Crab, Coral Crab
Category: Spider Crabs
Scientific Name: Maguimithrax spinosissimus
Synonyms: Mithrax spinosissimus
Size: 5 to 10 in. (12 to 25 cm)  
Depth: 10-130 ft. (3-40 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Mithracidae (Family)
       └Maguimithrax (Genus)

Crustaceans
Spider Crabs

Channel Clinging Crab

Banded Clinging Crab

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab

Red-Ridged Clinging Crab (yellow-brown color variation)

Coral Clinging Crab



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