Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Pretty Reef Round Crab
Lophozozymus pulchellus
Pretty Reef Round Crab
Category: Mud Crabs
Scientific Name: Lophozozymus pulchellus
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-Pacific, Hawaii
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Xanthoidea (Superfamily)
         └Xanthidae (Family)
          └Lophozozymus (Genus)
           └L. pulchellus (Species)

Crustaceans
Mud Crabs

Pretty Reef Round Crab

Mosaic Boxer Crab

Blue-Eyed Coral Crab

Splendid Pebble Crab

Sawedged Spooner Crab



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