Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Reefs

Ocellate Swimming Crab
Achelous sebae
Ocellate Swimming Crab
Category: Swimming Crabs
Scientific Name: Achelous sebae
Synonyms: Portunus sebae
Size: 2 to 4 in. (5 to 10 cm)  
Depth: 20-90 ft. (6-27 m)
Distribution: Caribbean, Bahamas, South Florida
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Portunidae (Family)
       └Achelouinae (Subfamily)
        └Achelous (Genus)

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