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Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Inachidae

Genus: Inachus

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Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic

Inachus dorsettensis(Pennant, 1777)

Photo by Fenwick, David
 
Inachus dorsettensis
[Scorpion spider crab]
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Inachus leptochirus
[]
No picture found
 
Inachus parvirostris
[]

Giourgis, Hector

Northeast Atlantic

Inachus phalangium(Fabricius, 1775)

Photo by Giourgis, Hector
 
Inachus phalangium
[Leach's spider crab]


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