Florent's Guide To The

French Polynesia

Hawaiian Swimming Crab
Goniosupradens hawaiensis
Hawaiian Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Goniosupradens hawaiensis
Synonyms: Charybdis hawaiensis
Size: Up to 3 in. (8 cm)  
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Central Pacific, French Polynesia, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Portunoidea (Superfamily)
         └Portunidae (Family)
          └Thalamitinae (Subfamily)
           └Goniosupradens (Genus)
            └G. hawaiensis (Species)

Crustaceans
Swimming Crabs

Hawaiian Swimming Crab



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