Giant land crabs can grow to a clawtip-to-clawtip measurement of 12 inches!
The following crustaceans have been documented in Biscayne National Park. The table below is not exhaustive, and documented sightings of species not on this list are welcome. Submit your sightings to the webmaster.
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Category
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Scientific Name
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Common Name, if available
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Amphipod
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Bemlos unicornis
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Dulichiella appendiculata
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Shoemakerella cubensis
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Barnacle
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Lepas anatifera
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smooth gooseneck barnacle
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Tetraclita squamosa
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Crab
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Aranaeus cribrarius
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speckled crab
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Aratus pisonii
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mangrove tree crab
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Arenaeus cribrarius
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speckled crab
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Calappa gallus
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rough box crab
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Callinectes ornatus
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blue crab
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Callinectes sapidus
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blue crab
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Callinectes similis
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blue crab
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Cardisoma guanhumi
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Giant land crab
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Cataleptodius floridanus
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spoonfinger rubble crab
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Clibanarius tricolor
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blue-legged hermit crab
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Coenobita clypeatus
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Caribbean hermit crab
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Cryptodromiopsis antillensis
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Decorator Crab
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Cyclograpsus integer
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globose shore crab
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Glyptoxanthus erosus
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eroded mud crab
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Menippe mercenaria
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stone crab
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Microphrys bicornutus
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speck-claw decorator crab
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Mithraculus forceps
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red-ridged clinging crab
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Mithrax forceps
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red-ridged clinging crab
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Mithrax verrucosus
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paved clinging crab
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Neopanope packardii
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Florida grassflat crab
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Pachygrapsus transversus
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mottled shore crab
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Panopeus herbstii
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black-fingered mud crab
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Petrochirus bahamensis
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giant hermit crab
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Petrochirus diogenes
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giant hermit crab
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Portunus sayi
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sargassum swimming crab
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Portunus spinimanus
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blotched swimming crab
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Stenocionops furcatus
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spider crab
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Stenorhynchus seticornis
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yellowline arrow crab
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Cumacean
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Leucon americanus
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Isopod
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Amakusanthura magnifica
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Erichsonella attenuata
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Ligia baudiniana
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Paracerceis caudata
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Lobster
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Panulirus argus
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Caribbean spiny lobster
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Panulirus guttatus
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spotted spiny lobster
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Scyllarides aequinoctialis
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shovel-nose slipper lobster
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Scyllarides nodifer
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slipper lobster
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Mantis shrimp
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Neogonodactylus oerstedii
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swollen-claw mantis
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Pseudosquilla ciliata
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ciliated false squilla
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Shrimp
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Alpheus edwardsi
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Snapping shrimp
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Farfantepenaeus duorarum
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pink shrimp
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Hippolyte zostericola
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zostera shrimp
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Latreutes fucorum
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slender sargassum shrimp
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Penaeus aztecus
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brown shrimp
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Periclimenes pedersoni
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symbiotic cleaner shrimp
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Thor amboinensis
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Squat Anemone Shrimp
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Tozeuma carolinense
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arrow shrimp
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Tanaidacean
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Hoplomachus propinquus
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Leptochelia savignyi
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