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Crabs & other crustaceans of Suriname

Crabs, shrimps, prawns and their many small relatives in rivers, mangroves and the sea.

583 species · 129 profiles

Groups

Crabs164 speciesShrimps, prawns & lobsters166 speciesOther crustaceans253 species

Most observed in Suriname

Atlantic Ghost CrabAtlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrataMudflat Fiddler CrabMudflat Fiddler CrabMinuca rapaxMangrove Root CrabMangrove Root CrabGoniopsis cruentataAtlantic Mangrove Ghost CrabAtlantic Mangrove Ghost CrabUcides cordatusBrazilian Fiddler CrabBrazilian Fiddler CrabUca maracoaniYellow finger marsh crabYellow finger marsh crabSesarma rectumBlunttooth swimcrabBlunttooth swimcrabCallinectes bocourtiGuyanan ForestslaterGuyanan ForestslaterLigia platycephalaBiting Fiddler CrabBiting Fiddler CrabMinuca mordaxAtlantic Hairback Fiddler CrabAtlantic Hairback Fiddler CrabMinuca vocatorMangrove Tree CrabMangrove Tree CrabAratus pisoniiPillbugPillbugNagurus nanusDwarf Gray-striped WoodlouseDwarf Gray-striped WoodlouseNagurus cristatusLongspine swimming crabLongspine swimming crabAchelous spinicarpusAgar river prawnAgar river prawnMacrobrachium jelskiiBuchura river prawnBuchura river prawnMacrobrachium olfersiiAmazon river prawnAmazon river prawnMacrobrachium amazonicumYellow Box CrabYellow Box CrabCalappa sulcataFlecked box crabHepatus pudibundusChace slipper lobsterChace slipper lobsterScyllarus chaceiCock shrimpCock shrimpExhippolysmata oplophoroidesStilt spider crabStilt spider crabAnasimus latusLeast skeleton shrimpLeast skeleton shrimpPhtisica marinaSpiny Rock ShrimpSpiny Rock ShrimpSicyonia burkenroadiAtlantic seabobAtlantic seabobXiphopenaeus kroyeriSouthern brown shrimpSouthern brown shrimpPenaeus brasiliensisBigclaw River ShrimpBigclaw River ShrimpMacrobrachium carcinusWest Atlantic Mantis ShrimpWest Atlantic Mantis ShrimpSquilla empusaOrnate Blue CrabOrnate Blue CrabCallinectes ornatusBareye HermitBareye HermitDardanus fucosusFlatback LobsterFlatback LobsterStereomastis sculptaFaxon's lucifer prawnFaxon's lucifer prawnBelzebub faxoniYellowline Arrow CrabYellowline Arrow CrabStenorhynchus seticornisScarlet Gamba PrawnScarlet Gamba PrawnAristaeopsis edwardsianaThinstripe Hermit CrabThinstripe Hermit CrabClibanarius vittatusRosy LobsteretteRosy LobsteretteNephropsis roseaRigid bathyal crabRigid bathyal crabBathyplax typhlaDwarf humpback shrimpDwarf humpback shrimpSolenocera atlantidisYellowbanded Coral ShrimpYellowbanded Coral ShrimpStenopus scutellatusBlotched Swimming CrabBlotched Swimming CrabAchelous spinimanusStareye HermitStareye HermitDardanus venosusKangaroo shrimpKangaroo shrimpGlyphus marsupialisAnemone deep-water hermit crabAnemone deep-water hermit crabParapagurus pilosimanusRoughneck ShrimpRoughneck ShrimpRimapenaeus constrictusAviu shrimpAviu shrimpAcetes americanusAntillean stilt crabAntillean stilt crabPalicus affinisDeep-water rose shrimpDeep-water rose shrimpParapenaeus politusCoral Clinging CrabCoral Clinging CrabMithrax hispidus