Location: Yap, Micronesia
Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and
Indo-Pacific Reefs
Sawedged Spooner Crab
Etisus utilis
Sawedged Spooner Crab
Category: Mud Crabs
Scientific Name: Etisus utilis
Size: carapace up to 6 in. (15cm)
Depth: 3-60 ft. (1-18 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Multicrustacea (Superclass)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Eucarida (Superorder)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Xanthoidea (Superfamily)
└Xanthidae (Family)
└Etisus (Genus)
└E. utilis (Species)
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