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Clypeasterophilus rugatus (Wrinkled Pea Crab)
Scientific name: Clypeasterophilus rugatus

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Brachyura → Section Eubrachyura → Subsection Thoracotremata → Superfamily Pinnotheroidea → Family Pinnotheridae → Subfamily Pinnotherinae → Genus Clypeasterophilus

Common name: Wrinkled Pea Crab
Locations: Caribbean
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesCrabs

These tiny crabs live on sand dollars.

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Clypeasterophilus rugatus (Wrinkled Pea Crab)
Clypeasterophilus rugatus (Wrinkled Pea Crab)
Clypeasterophilus rugatus (Wrinkled Pea Crab)
Clypeasterophilus rugatus (Wrinkled Pea Crab)
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