Species under Mithraculus
n= 5
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Mithraculus cinctimanus
Stimpson, 1860
Banded clinging crab Western Central Atlantic
Mithraculus coryphe
(Herbst, 1801)
Nodose clinging crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Mithraculus forceps
(Milne-Edwards, 1875)
Red-ridged clinging crab Western Atlantic Ocean; Known from North Carolina, USA to Gulf of Mexico, Antilles and the Caribbean south to Santa Catarina, Brazil
Mithraculus ruber
Stimpson, 1871
Western Central Atlantic
Mithraculus sculptus
(Lamarck, 1818)
Green clinging crab Western Atlantic Ocean 1.24
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