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Family: Inachidae



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59 species (see list below)
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Achaeus akanensis
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Achaeus brevirostris
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Achaeus cranchii
[Cranch spider crab]
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Achaeus curvirostris
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Achaeus japonicus
[Orang utang crab]
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Achaeus kermadecensis
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Max. Length 0.9 cm CL
 
Achaeus lacertosus
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Achaeus spinosus
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Achaeus superciliaris
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Max. Length 0.7 cm CL
 
Achaeus tuberculatus
[Tubercled hairy spider crab]
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Aepinus septemspinosus
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Anomalothir frontalis
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Anomalothir furcillatus
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Winkel, Francis Dos

Indo-West Pacific. Red S
Max. Length 4.5 cm CL
Camposcia retusaLatreille, 1829

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Camposcia retusa
[Decorator crab]
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Coryrhynchus algicola
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Coryrhynchus riisei
[Longfinger neck crab]
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Coryrhynchus sidneyi
[Shortfinger neck crab]
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Dorhynchus furcatus
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Dorhynchus thomsoni
[Thomson spider crab]
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Dumea latipes
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Encephaloides armstrongi
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Ericerodes gracilipes
[Unicorn neck crab]
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Erileptus spinosus
[Shortneck pear crab]
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Eucinetops blakianus
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Max. Length 3.9 cm CL
 
Eurypodius latreillii
[Camouflaged spider crab]
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Eurypodius longirostris
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Grypachaeus hyalinus
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Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic

Inachus dorsettensis(Pennant, 1777)

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Inachus dorsettensis
[Scorpion spider crab]
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Inachus leptochirus
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Inachus parvirostris
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Giourgis, Hector

Northeast Atlantic

Inachus phalangium(Fabricius, 1775)

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Inachus phalangium
[Leach's spider crab]
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Macropodia czernjawskii
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Macropodia deflexa
[Forest sickle crab longlegs]
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Macropodia linaresi
[Linares sickle crab longlegs]
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Macropodia longipes
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Coudre, Christian

Northeast Atlantic and th

Macropodia longirostris(Fabricius, 1775)

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Macropodia longirostris
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Rodríguez, Mariano García

Eastern Atlantic and the

Macropodia rostrata(Linnaeus, 1761)

Photo by Rodríguez, Mariano García
 
Macropodia rostrata
[Long legged spider crab]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Northeast Atlantic

Macropodia tenuirostris(Leach, 1814)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Macropodia tenuirostris
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Metoporhaphis calcarata
[False arrow crab]
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Oncinopus araneus
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Harasti, David

Western Central Pacific

Oncinopus neptunusAdams & White, 1848

Photo by Harasti, David
 
Oncinopus neptunus
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Paratymolus apeli
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Paratymolus cygnus
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Pleistacantha cervicornis
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Pleistacantha exophthalmus
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Pleistacantha japonica
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Pleistacantha ori
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Pleistacantha oryx
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Pleistacantha rubida
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Podochela curvirostris
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Podochela grossipes
[]
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Podochela hemphillii
[Hemphill kelp crab]
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Podochela lamelligera
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Podochela lobifrons
[Thinbeak neck crab]
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Podochela macrodera
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Stenorhynchus debilis
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Gomez, Guillermo

Eastern Central Atlantic

Stenorhynchus lanceolatus(Brullé, 1837)

Photo by Gomez, Guillermo
 
Stenorhynchus lanceolatus
[]

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Western Atlantic. From N
Max. Length 0.8 cm CW
Stenorhynchus seticornis(Herbst, 1788)

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Stenorhynchus seticornis
[Yellowline arrow crab]
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Stenorhynchus yangi
[Red arrow crab]


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