Tidal Spray Crab (Plagusia depressa)

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Scientific name: Plagusia depressa

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 Grapsoidea → Family Plagusiidae → Genus Plagusia

Common name: Tidal Spray Crab
Locations: Caribbean
Group: Marine Life → Invertebrates → Crabs

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