St. Croix Crustaceans
Crabs
Decorator crab
Ocellate swimming crab, Portunus sebae
Cryptic teardrop crab, Pelia mutica
Speck-claw decorator crab, Microphrys bicomuta
Yellowline arrow crab, Stenorhynchus seticornis
Nimble spray crab, Percnon gibbesi
Clinging channel crab, Mithrax spinosissimus
Shrimps
Squat Anemone shrimp, Thor amboinensis
Pederson cleaner shrimp, Periclemenes pedersoni
Banded coral shrimp, Stenopus hispidus
Scarlet-striped cleaning shrimp, Lysmata grabhami
Unknown shrimp
Velvet shrimp, Metapenaeopsis goodie
Lobsters
Spotted spiny lobster, Panulirus guttatus
Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus
Hermit crabs
White hermits
White-speckled hermit, Paguristes puncticeps
Orange hermit
Other crustaceans
Juvenile mantis shrimp
Ciliated False Squilla, Pseudosquilla ciliate
Isopod, Anilocra laticaudata
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