Species under Pilumnus
n= 39
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Pilumnus bleekeri
Miers, 1880
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pilumnus caerulescens
Milne-Edwards, 1873
Western Central Pacific
Pilumnus caribaeus
Desbonne & Schramm, 1867
Coarsespined hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus cursor
Milne-Edwards, 1873
Western Central Pacific
Pilumnus dasypodus
Kingsley, 1879
Shortspined hairy crab Western Atlantic 0.94
Pilumnus floridanus
Stimpson, 1871
Plumed hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus gemmatus
Stimpson, 1860
Tuberculate hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus hirtellus
(Linnaeus, 1761)
Bristly crab Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Pilumnus holosericus
Rathbun, 1898
Roseate hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus incanus
(Forskål, 1775)
Western Indian Ocean
Pilumnus lacteus
Stimpson, 1871
Velvet hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus longicornis
Hilgendorf, 1878
Indo-West Pacific
Pilumnus longipes
Milne-Edwards, 1873
Western Central Pacific
Pilumnus longleyi
Rathbun, 1930
Studded hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus lumpinus
Bennett, 1964
Southwest Pacific
Pilumnus marshi
Rathbun, 1901
Quadrate hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus merodentatus
Nobili, 1906
Indo-Pacific
Pilumnus minutus
De Haan, 1835
Indo-West Pacific
Pilumnus murphyi
Ng, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Pilumnus novaezealandiae
Filhol, 1885
Southwest Pacific
Pilumnus nudimanus
Rathbun, 1901
Western Central Atlantic
Pilumnus ohshimai
Takeda & Miyake, 1970
Western Central Pacific
Pilumnus pannosus
Rathbun, 1896
Beaded hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus parvulus
Nobili, 1906
Eastern Central Pacific
Pilumnus propinquus
Nobili, 1905
Western Indian Ocean
Pilumnus pulcher
Miers, 1884
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pilumnus purpureus
Milne-Edwards, 1873
Western Central Pacific
Pilumnus ransoni
Forest & Guinot, 1961
Indo-Pacific
Pilumnus reticulatus
Stimpson, 1860
Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific 0.72
Pilumnus savignyi
Heller, 1861
Western Indian Ocean
Pilumnus sayi
Rathbun, 1897
Spineback hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean
Pilumnus scabriusculus
Adams & White, 1849
Indo-West Pacific
Pilumnus semilanatus
Miers, 1884
Eastern Indian Ocean
Pilumnus spinifer
Milne-Edwards, 1834
Red hairy crab Mediterranean and Western Indian Ocean
Pilumnus spinohirsutus
(Lockington, 1876)
Retiring hairy crab East Pacific
Pilumnus spinosissimus
Rathbun, 1898
Longspined hairy crab Western Atlantic Ocean 2.51
Pilumnus taeniola
Rathbun, 1906
Pacific Ocean
Pilumnus tahitensis
de Man, 1890
Eastern Central Pacific
Pilumnus vespertilio
(Fabricus, 1793)
Bad day hair crab Indo-West Pacific
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