Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

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)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Portunidae (Family)
       └Thalamitinae (Subfamily)
        └Goniosupradens (Genus)

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