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Family: Parthenopidae elbow crabs



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Aulacolambrus brevibrachiatus
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Aulacolambrus curvispinus
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Aulacolambrus diacanthus
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Aulacolambrus granulosus
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Aulacolambrus hoplonotus
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Aulacolambrus whitei
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Celatopesia concava
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Certolambrus pugilator
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Max. Length 1.8 cm CW
 
Costalambrus tommasii
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Cryptopodia fistulosa
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Max. Length 5.5 cm CW
 
Cryptopodia fornicata
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Cryptopodia pan
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Cryptopodia queenslandi
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Cryptopodia spatulifrons
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Daldorfia dimorpha
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Daldorfia glasselli
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific. Tropical a
Max. Length 14 cm CL
Daldorfia horrida(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Daldorfia horrida
[Horrid elbow crab]
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Daldorfia investigatoris
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Daldorfia leprosa
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Daldorfia rathbunae
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Daldorfia spinosissima
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Max. Length 4.1 cm CW
 
Enoplolambrus echinatus
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Max. Length 8.2 cm BL
 
Enoplolambrus validus
[Strong elbow crab]
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Furtipodia petrosa
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Garthambrus allisoni
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Garthambrus darthvaderi
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Garthambrus mironovi
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Garthambrus poupini
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Garthambrus stellatus
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Garthambrus tani
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Garthambrus undulatus
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Heterocrypta granulata
[Smooth elbow crab]
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Max. Length 1.0 cm CW
 
Heterocrypta lapidea
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Max. Length 5 cm CW
 
Heterocrypta occidentalis
[Sandflat elbow crab]
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Lambrachaeus ramifer
[Thorny elbow crab]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm CW
 
Lambrus laciniatus
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Leiolambrus nitidus
[White elbow crab]
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Leiolambrus punctatissimus
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Max. Length 1.1 cm CW
 
Mesorhoea sexspinosa
[Sixspine elbow crab]
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Mimilambrus wileyi
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Neikolambrus polemistes
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Niobafia erosa
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Nodolambrus nodosus
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Olenorfia cariei
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Cox, Carol

Western Atlantic Ocean.

Parthenope agona(Stimpson, 1871)

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Parthenope agona
[Yellow elbow crab]
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Parthenope chondrodes
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Parthenope echinatus
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Parthenope longimanus
[White long-armed crab]
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Parthenope massena
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Piloslambrus triangulus
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Max. Length 1.8 cm CW
 
Platylambrus fraterculus
[Rough elbow crab]
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Platylambrus granulata
[Bladetooth elbow crab]
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Platylambrus granulatus
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Max. Length 2.7 cm CW
 
Platylambrus pourtalesii
[Spinous elbow crab]
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Platylambrus prensor
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Platylambrus serratus
[Sawtooth elbow crab]
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Pseudolambrus bicornis
[Two-horned yellow crab]
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Pseudolambrus bispinosus
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Pseudolambrus calappoides
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Pseudolambrus confragosus
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Pseudolambrus constrictus
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Pseudolambrus harpax
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Pseudolambrus planus
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Pseudolambrus tarpeius
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Rhinolambrus contrarius(Herbst, 1804)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Rhinolambrus contrarius
[Crabs]
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Rhinolambrus cybelis
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Rhinolambrus lamelliger
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Rhinolambrus longispinus
[Black long-armed crab]
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Rhinolambrus pelagicus
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Rhinolambrus rudis
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Solenolambrus decemspinosus
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Solenolambrus tenellus
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Solenolambrus typicus
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Spinolambrus macrochelos
[wrinkled elbow crab]
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Thyrolambrus astroides
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Thyrolambrus efflorescens
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Thyrolambrus verrucibrachium
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Tutankhamen cristatipes
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Zarenkolambrus epibranchialis
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Zarenkolambrus minutus
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