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Family: Grapsidae
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Bocas Species Database Habitat: It is present among rocks. Distribution: This species has been reported from the Gulf of Mexico to the Caribbean. Characteristics: Here is a list of key characteristics for this species: Carapace subhexagonal, wider than long, depressed, covered with short plumose hairs forming scale like pattern around flattened tubercles; front margin of carapace cut into lobes or teeth by antennular clefts visible in dorsal view. Light reddish, dotted with blood red, tubercles bordered with blackish haris having gray extremities; blood-red spots on legs; underside of body yellowish, chelipeds with purplish spots and stripes. |