St. Croix Crustaceans

Crabs :

decorator crab Decorator crab, <TBS>

swimming crab Ocellate swimming crab, Portunus sebae

cryptic teardrop crab cryptic teardrop crab Cryptic teardrop crab, Pelia mutica

decorator crab Speck-claw decorator crab, Microphrys bicomuta

arrow crab Yellowline arrow crab, Stenorhynchus seticornis

spray crab Nimble spray crab, Percnon gibbesi

channel crab channel crab Clinging channel crab, Mithrax spinosissimus

Shrimps:

spotted shrimp Squat Anemone shrimp, Thor amboinensis

cleaning shrimp Pederson cleaner shrimp, Periclemenes pedersoni

banded coral shrimp Banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus

cleaning shrimp Scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp, Lysmata grabhami

shrimp Ghost (grass) shrimp, <TBS>

shrimp Velvet shrimp, Metapenaeopsis goodie

Lobsters:

spotted spiny lobster Spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus

spiny lobster spiny lobster spiny lobster closeup Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus

Hermit crabs :

hermit crab hermit crab hermit crab White hermits, <TBS>

hermit crab White-speckled hermit, Paguristes puncticeps

hermit crab Orange hermit, <TBS>

Other crustaceans :

?? Juvenile mantis shrimp, <TBS>

squilla Ciliated False Squilla, Pseudosquilla ciliate

isopod Isopod, Anilocra laticaudata

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