Coral Clinging Crab
Mithrax hispidus
Coral Clinging Crab
Category: Spider Crabs
Scientific Name: Mithrax hispidus
Size: Up to 6 in. (15 cm)
Depth: 15-215 ft. (5-66 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
└Malacostraca (Class)
└Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
└Decapoda (Order)
└Pleocyemata (Suborder)
└Brachyura (Infraorder)
└Mithracidae (Family)
└Mithrax (Genus)
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