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Family: Pilumnidae hairy crabs



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132 species (see list below)
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Actumnus asper
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Actumnus davaoensis
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Actumnus digitalis
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Actumnus dorsipes
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Actumnus elegans
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Actumnus globulus
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Actumnus griffini
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Actumnus obesus
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Max. Length 1.9 cm CW
 
Actumnus setifer
[Short-haired crab]
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Max. Length 1.4 cm CW
 
Actumnus squamosus
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Actumnus tesselatus
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Aniptumnus quadridentatus
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Bathypilumnus pugilator
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Benthopanope estuaria
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Caecopilumnus crassipes
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Caecopilumnus piroculatus
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Ceratocarcinus longimanus
[Horned crinoid crab]
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Ceratoplax ciliata
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Cryptocoeloma haswelli
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Danielum ixbauchac
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Echinoecus nipponicus
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Echinoecus pentagonus
[Sea urchin crab]
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Echinoecus scultpus
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Ericiolumnus symbioticus
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Eumedonus brevirhynchus
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Eurycarcinus integrifrons
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Eurycarcinus natalensis
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Eurycarcinus orientalis
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Glabropilumnus dispar
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Glabropilumnus edamensis
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Glabropilumnus laevimanus
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Glabropilumnus laevis
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Glabropilumnus seminudus
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Gonatonotus granulosus
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Gonatonotus nasutus
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Gonatonotus pentagonus
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Max. Length 1.0 cm CW
 
Harrovia albolineata
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Harrovia elegans
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Harrovia longipes
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Heteropanope glabra
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Heteropanope longipedes
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Max. Length 1.4 cm CW
 
Heteropilumnus cristatus
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Auscape International

Indo-West Pacific.

Heteropilumnus fimbriatus(Milne-Edwards, 1834)

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Heteropilumnus fimbriatus
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Heteropilumnus lanuginosus
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Heteropilumnus longipes
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Heteropilumnus setosus
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Heteropilumnus trichophoroides
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Itampolus peresi
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Latopilumnus conicus
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Lentilumnus latimanus
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Lobopilumnus agassizii
[Areolated hairy crab]
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Lophopilumnus cristipes
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Lophopilumnus globosus
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Luteocarcinus sordidus
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Mertonia lanka
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Nanopilumnus heterodon
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Nanopilumnus rouxi
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Parapleurophrycoides roseus
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Permanotus purpureus
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Pilumnopeus convexus
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Pilumnopeus granulatus
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Pilumnopeus vauquelini
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Pilumnus acutifrons
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Pilumnus alcocki
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Pilumnus bleekeri
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Pilumnus caerulescens
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Pilumnus caribaeus
[Coarsespined hairy crab]
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Pilumnus cursor
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Max. Length 0.9 cm CW
 
Pilumnus dasypodus
[Shortspined hairy crab]
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Pilumnus floridanus
[Plumed hairy crab]
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Pilumnus gemmatus
[Tuberculate hairy crab]
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Pilumnus gracilipes
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Fenwick, David

Northeast Atlantic and th

Pilumnus hirtellus(Linnaeus, 1761)

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Pilumnus hirtellus
[Bristly crab]
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Pilumnus holosericus
[Roseate hairy crab]
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Pilumnus incanus
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Pilumnus lacteus
[Velvet hairy crab]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific.

Pilumnus longicornisHilgendorf, 1878

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Pilumnus longicornis
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Pilumnus longipes
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Pilumnus longleyi
[Studded hairy crab]
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Pilumnus lumpinus
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Pilumnus marshi
[Quadrate hairy crab]
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Pilumnus merodentatus
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Pilumnus miersii
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Pilumnus minutus
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Pilumnus murphyi
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Pilumnus novaezealandiae
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Pilumnus nudimanus
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Pilumnus nuttingi
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Pilumnus oahuensis
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Pilumnus ohshimai
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Pilumnus pannosus
[Beaded hairy crab]
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Pilumnus parvulus
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Pilumnus parvusi
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Pilumnus persicus
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Pilumnus propinquus
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Pilumnus pulcher
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Pilumnus purpureus
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Pilumnus ransoni
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Max. Length 0.7 cm CW
 
Pilumnus reticulatus
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Pilumnus rufopunctatus
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Pilumnus savignyi
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O'Keefe, Jo

Western Atlantic Ocean.

Pilumnus sayiRathbun, 1897

Photo by O'Keefe, Jo
 
Pilumnus sayi
[Spineback hairy crab]
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Pilumnus scabriusculus
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Pilumnus semilanatus
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Coudre, Christian

Mediterranean and Western

Pilumnus spiniferMilne-Edwards, 1834

Photo by Coudre, Christian
 
Pilumnus spinifer
[Red hairy crab]
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Pilumnus spinohirsutus
[Retiring hairy crab]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm CW
 
Pilumnus spinosissimus
[Longspined hairy crab]
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Pilumnus swajayai
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Pilumnus taeniola
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Pilumnus tahitensis
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Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-West Pacific

Pilumnus vespertilio(Fabricus, 1793)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Pilumnus vespertilio
[Bad day hair crab]
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Pseudolitochira integra
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Rhabdonotus pictus
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Max. Length 1.3 cm CW
 
Rhizopa gracilipes
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Rhizopoides yangae
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Max. Length 2.9 cm CW
 
Ser fukiensis
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Serenepilumnus pisifer
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Serenolumnus kasijani
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Takedana eriphioides
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Tiaramedon spinosum
[Feather star crab]
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Max. Length 1.3 cm CW
 
Typhlocarcinops canaliculatus
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Max. Length 1.7 cm CW
 
Typhlocarcinops decrescens
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Typhlocarcinops denticarpes
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Max. Length 0.8 cm CW
 
Typhlocarcinops raouli
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Typhlocarcinops tonsuratus
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Vellumnus labyrinthicus
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Vellumnus vermiculatus
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Viaderiana quadrispinosa
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Xenophthalmodes dolichophallus
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Xenophthalmodes morsei
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Max. Length 1.0 cm CW
 
Xestopilumnus cultripollex
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Zebrida adamsii
[Urchin crab]


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