Tags: Crustacean.

Mithraculus sculptus the green clinging crab or emerald crab is a species of crab in the family Majidae. It is a dark green colour and is found in tropical waters in the Caribbean Sea. It is sometimes kept in reef aquaria.

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binomial authority
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
class
Malacostraca
family
Majidae
genus
Mithraculus
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean
synonym
*Maia sculptus (Lamarck 1818), *Mithraculus coronatus (White 1847), *Mithrax minutus (Saussure 1858)

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