List of crustaceans of Puerto Rico

Updated on Dec 25, 2024

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This is a list of crustaceans of Puerto Rico.

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Atya innoccus (Innocous freshwater shrimp, gata chica, chágara)

Atya lanipes (Spinning freshwater shrimp, chágara giradora)

Atya scabra (Roughback freshwater shrimp, guábara, gata grande)

Macrobrachium carcinus (Bigclaw river shrimp, camarón de Años, viejo)

Macrobrachium crenulatum (Striped river shrimp, coyuntero del verde, rayao)

Macrobrachium faustinum (Bigarm river shrimp, coyuntero, pelú, popeye)

Macrobrachium heterochirus (Cascade river shrimp, camarón tigre, leopardo)

Emerita portoricensis (Puerto Rican sand crab, cangrejo topo)

Typhlatya monae

Cardisoma guanhumi (blue land crab, juey común)

Gecarcinus lateralis (blackback land crab, red land crab, jueyita de tierra, mona)

Gecarcinus ruricola (purple land crab, black land crab, juey morao)

Arenaeus cribarius (Speckled swimming crab, cocolía marina, pecosa)

Callinectes bocourti (Bocourt swimming crab, cocolía de Bocourt)

Callinectes exasperatus (Rugose swimming crab, cocolía arrugada)

Callinectes ornatos (Shelligs, cocolía adornada, jaiba)

Callinectes sapidus (Blue crac, cocolía azul)

Cardisoma guanhumi (Blue land crab, juey de tierra, juey azul, palanca)

Carpilius corallinus (Batwing coral crab, juey dormido)

Epilobocera sinuatifrons (Puerto Rican freshwater crab, buruquena, bruquena)

Gecarcinus laterales (Blackback land crab, jueyita de tierra)

Gecarcinus ruricola (Purple land crab, juey morao, monita)

Goniopsis cruentata (Mangrove root crab, juey de mangle, cangrejo)

Mithrax spinosissimus (Channel clinging crab, cangrejo rey del Caribe)

Ocypode quadrata (White ghost crab, cangrejo fantasma, jueya blanca)

Ucides cordatus (swamp ghost crab, zambuco, cambú, juey pelú)

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