Fish Identification

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Fish Identification

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Non-fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Cryptochiridae gall crab (See list of species below)

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11 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Cryptochirus coralliodytes []	No picture found Fizesereneia panda []	No picture found Hapalocarcinus marsupialis [Coral gall crab]
No picture found Kroppcarcinus siderastreicola []	No picture found Lithoscaptus paradoxus []	No picture found Neotroglocarcinus hongkongensis []
No picture found Opecarcinus hypostegus []	No picture found Sphenomaia pyriformis []	No picture found Troglocarcinus corallicola []
No picture found Utinomiella dimorpha [Kahe point crab]	No picture found Xynomaia sheni []

11 Species of Family Cryptochiridae
(gall crab)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution
Cryptochirus coralliodytes		Indo-Pacific.
Fizesereneia panda		Western Indian Ocean
Hapalocarcinus marsupialis	Coral gall crab	Indo-Pacific.
Kroppcarcinus siderastreicola		Western Atlantic
Lithoscaptus paradoxus		Indo-Pacific.
Neotroglocarcinus hongkongensis		Indo-West Pacific
Opecarcinus hypostegus		Atlantic Ocean.
Sphenomaia pyriformis		Eastern Central Pacific
Troglocarcinus corallicola		Western Atlantic
Utinomiella dimorpha	Kahe point crab	Indo-Pacific.
Xynomaia sheni		Indo-West Pacific.

Other identification tools in SeaLifeBase

Quick Identification

Identification keys

Identification by morphometrics

Identification by pictures:

          If you already know the Family, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Family and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the family.

          If you already know the Country, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Country and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the country.

          If you already know the Ecosystem, go to Search SeaLifeBase, select Ecosystem and click on 'Identification by pictures' to display all available pictures in SeaLifeBase for the ecosystem.

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