St. Croix Crustaceans

Crabs

Decorator crab

decorator crab

Ocellate swimming crab, Portunus sebae

swimming crab

Cryptic teardrop crab, Pelia mutica

cryptic teardrop crab cryptic teardrop crab

Speck-claw decorator crab, Microphrys bicomuta

decorator crab

Yellowline arrow crab, Stenorhynchus seticornis

arrow crab

Nimble spray crab, Percnon gibbesi

spray crab

Clinging channel crab, Mithrax spinosissimus

channel crab channel crab

Shrimps

Squat Anemone shrimp, Thor amboinensis

spotted shrimp

Pederson cleaner shrimp, Periclemenes pedersoni

cleaning shrimp

Banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus

banded coral shrimp

Scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp, Lysmata grabhami

cleaning shrimp

Unknown shrimp

shrimp

Velvet shrimp, Metapenaeopsis goodie

shrimp

Lobsters

Spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus

spotted spiny lobster

Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus

spiny lobster spiny lobster spiny lobster closeup

Hermit crabs

White hermits

hermit crab hermit crab hermit crab

White-speckled hermit, Paguristes puncticeps

hermit crab

Orange hermit

hermit crab

Other crustaceans

Juvenile mantis shrimp

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Ciliated False Squilla, Pseudosquilla ciliate

squilla

Isopod, Anilocra laticaudata

isopod

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