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Species

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Learn what each species is like, find out where it lives in the wild, and plan your next sighting — all in one place.

2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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1#Crustacean

Conservation

Explore the 62 species documented on WAnimals

Explore the 62 species documented on WAnimals

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Not Evaluated

Marbled Rock Crab

Pachygrapsus marmoratus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Florida Stone Crab

Menippe mercenaria

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Sally Lightfoot Crab

Grapsus grapsus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Moon Crab

Gecarcinus quadratus

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Common Spider Crab

Maja squinado

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Data Deficient

Mediterranean Slipper Lobster

Scyllarides latus

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

European Sand Cumacean

Cumopsis goodsir

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Hermit Crab

Pagurus bernhardus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Speckled Sea Louse

Eurydice pulchra

CarnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Rugose Squat Lobster

Munida rugosa

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Shrimp

Penaeus monodon

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Velvet Swimming Crab

Necora puber

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Sand Hopper

Talitrus saltator

OmnivoreNocturnalColonial
Not Evaluated

Long-legged Spider Crab

Macropodia rostrata

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Acorn Barnacle

Semibalanus balanoides

HerbivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Rough Barnacle

Balanus balanus

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Northern Shrimp

Pandalus borealis

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Ghost Shrimp

Caprella linearis

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

Lysmata amboinensis

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Great Land Crab

Cardisoma guanhumi

OmnivoreCrepuscularSolitary
Not Evaluated

Mud Fiddler Crab

Uca pugnax

HerbivoreColonialOcean
Least Concern

Norway Lobster

Nephrops norvegicus

CarnivoreSolitaryOcean
Not Evaluated

Hermit Crab

Clibanarius erythropus

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Deep-Water Rose Shrimp

Parapenaeus longirostris

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Serrated Marine Isopod

Sphaeroma serratum

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Tiger Pistol Shrimp

Alpheus bellulus

OmnivoreOceanCrustacean
Not Evaluated

Gooseneck Barnacle

Pollicipes pollicipes

OmnivoreColonialOcean
Not Evaluated

Edible Crab

Cancer pagurus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Least Concern

American Lobster

Homarus americanus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
Not Evaluated

Red King Crab

Paralithodes camtschaticus

CarnivoreOceanCrustacean
Relevancia
A – Z
Caribbean Spiny LobsterData Deficient

Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Panulirus argus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
35 countries10 parks112 dive sites
Common LobsterLeast Concern

Common Lobster

Homarus gammarus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
39 countries42 parks79 dive sites
Antarctic KrillLeast Concern

Antarctic Krill

Euphausia superba

HerbivoreOceanCrustacean
6 countries4 parks3 dive sites
Chilean Hermit CrabNot Evaluated

Chilean Hermit Crab

Pagurus edwardsii

OmnivoreSolitaryOcean
113 countries2 parks2 dive sites
Vulnerable

Coconut Crab

Birgus latro

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
61 countries15 parks15 dive sites
Vulnerable

Common Spiny Lobster

Palinurus elephas

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary
27 countries27 parks70 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Odontodactylus scyllarus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary
59 countries35 parks235 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Blue Crab

Callinectes sapidus

OmnivoreDiurnalSolitary
50 countries28 parks150 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Spanner Crab

Ranina ranina

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
61 countries35 parks105 dive sites
Not Evaluated

Atlantic Ghost Crab

Ocypode quadrata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary
40 countries29 parks104 dive sites
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Birds
Mammals
Reptiles
Bony fish
Insects
Endangered
27 countries38 parks71 dive sites
33 countries5 parks22 dive sites
51 countries13 parks19 dive sites
13 countries11 parks3 dive sites
29 countries13 parks75 dive sites
31 countries38 parks73 dive sites
13 countries29 parks33 dive sites
18 countries21 parks33 dive sites
13 countries30 parks33 dive sites
31 countries46 parks79 dive sites
72 countries32 parks186 dive sites
19 countries21 parks62 dive sites
31 countries46 parks83 dive sites
31 countries45 parks79 dive sites
17 countries30 parks45 dive sites
17 countries34 parks22 dive sites
12 countries21 parks19 dive sites
16 countries39 parks44 dive sites
63 countries35 parks238 dive sites
35 countries25 parks104 dive sites
12 countries5 parks13 dive sites
10 countries18 parks47 dive sites
29 countries38 parks70 dive sites
21 countries35 parks64 dive sites
31 countries45 parks80 dive sites
61 countries35 parks236 dive sites
9 countries20 parks11 dive sites
22 countries22 parks20 dive sites
3 countries14 parks5 dive sites
6 countries4 parks2 dive sites