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Family: Parthenopidae elbow crabs



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80 species (see list below)
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Aulacolambrus brevibrachiatus
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Aulacolambrus curvispinus
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Aulacolambrus diacanthus
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Aulacolambrus granulosus
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Aulacolambrus hoplonotus
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Aulacolambrus whitei
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Celatopesia concava
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Certolambrus pugilator
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Max. Length 1.8 cm CW
 
Costalambrus tommasii
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Cryptopodia fistulosa
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Max. Length 5.5 cm CW
 
Cryptopodia fornicata
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Cryptopodia pan
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Cryptopodia queenslandi
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Cryptopodia spatulifrons
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Daldorfia dimorpha
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Daldorfia glasselli
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Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific. Tropical a
Max. Length 14 cm CL
Daldorfia horrida (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Daldorfia horrida
[Horrid elbow crab]
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Daldorfia investigatoris
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Daldorfia leprosa
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Daldorfia rathbunae
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Daldorfia spinosissima
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Max. Length 4.1 cm CW
 
Enoplolambrus echinatus
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Max. Length 8.2 cm BL
 
Enoplolambrus validus
[Strong elbow crab]
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Furtipodia petrosa
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Garthambrus allisoni
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Garthambrus darthvaderi
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Garthambrus mironovi
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Garthambrus poupini
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Garthambrus stellatus
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Garthambrus tani
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Garthambrus undulatus
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Heterocrypta granulata
[Smooth elbow crab]
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Max. Length 1.0 cm CW
 
Heterocrypta lapidea
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Max. Length 5 cm CW
 
Heterocrypta occidentalis
[Sandflat elbow crab]
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Lambrachaeus ramifer
[Thorny elbow crab]
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Max. Length 4.5 cm CW
 
Lambrus laciniatus
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Leiolambrus nitidus
[White elbow crab]
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Leiolambrus punctatissimus
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Max. Length 1.1 cm CW
 
Mesorhoea sexspinosa
[Sixspine elbow crab]
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Mimilambrus wileyi
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Neikolambrus polemistes
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Niobafia erosa
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Nodolambrus nodosus
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Olenorfia cariei
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Photo by Cox, Carol

Western Atlantic Ocean.

Parthenope agona (Stimpson, 1871)

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Parthenope agona
[Yellow elbow crab]
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Parthenope chondrodes
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Parthenope echinatus
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Parthenope longimanus
[White long-armed crab]
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Parthenope massena
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Piloslambrus triangulus
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Max. Length 1.8 cm CW
 
Platylambrus fraterculus
[Rough elbow crab]
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Platylambrus granulata
[Bladetooth elbow crab]
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Platylambrus granulatus
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Max. Length 2.7 cm CW
 
Platylambrus pourtalesii
[Spinous elbow crab]
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Platylambrus prensor
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Platylambrus serratus
[Sawtooth elbow crab]
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Pseudolambrus bicornis
[Two-horned yellow crab]
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Pseudolambrus bispinosus
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Pseudolambrus calappoides
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Pseudolambrus confragosus
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Pseudolambrus constrictus
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Pseudolambrus harpax
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Pseudolambrus planus
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Pseudolambrus tarpeius
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Indo-Pacific

Rhinolambrus contrarius (Herbst, 1804)

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Rhinolambrus contrarius
[Crabs]
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Rhinolambrus cybelis
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Rhinolambrus lamelliger
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Rhinolambrus longispinus
[Black long-armed crab]
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Rhinolambrus pelagicus
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Rhinolambrus rudis
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Solenolambrus decemspinosus
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Solenolambrus tenellus
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Solenolambrus typicus
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Spinolambrus macrochelos
[wrinkled elbow crab]
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Thyrolambrus astroides
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Thyrolambrus efflorescens
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Thyrolambrus verrucibrachium
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Tutankhamen cristatipes
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Zarenkolambrus epibranchialis
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Zarenkolambrus minutus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Aulacolambrus brevibrachiatus Northwest Pacific 1982
Aulacolambrus curvispinus Western Central Pacific. 1879
Aulacolambrus diacanthus Western Central Pacific. 1837
Aulacolambrus granulosus Western Central Pacific 1879
Aulacolambrus hoplonotus Indo-Pacific. 1849
Aulacolambrus whitei Indo-Pacific. 1872
Celatopesia concava Western Atlantic. 1871
Certolambrus pugilator Western Central Pacific. 1873
Costalambrus tommasii Western Atlantic 1.8 CW 1959
Cryptopodia fistulosa Eastern Indian Ocean 1994
Cryptopodia fornicata Indo-West Pacific 5.5 CW 1787
Cryptopodia pan Western Central Pacific. 1906
Cryptopodia queenslandi Western Indian Ocean 1918
Cryptopodia spatulifrons Eastern Indian Ocean 1879
Daldorfia dimorpha Eastern Central Pacific 2007
Daldorfia glasselli Eastern Central Pacific 1958
Daldorfia horrida Horrid elbow crab Indo-Pacific. Tropical a 14 CL 1758
Daldorfia investigatoris Western Central Pacific. 1895
Daldorfia leprosa Indo-Pacific. 1905
Daldorfia rathbunae Western Central Pacific. 1902
Daldorfia spinosissima Western Indian Ocean 1862
Enoplolambrus echinatus Indo-West Pacific. Easte 4.1 CW 1790
Enoplolambrus validus Strong elbow crab Central and Eastern Indo- 8.2 BL 1837
Furtipodia petrosa Indo-Pacific. 1906
Garthambrus allisoni Pacific Ocean 1993
Garthambrus darthvaderi Pacific Ocean 2009
Garthambrus mironovi Southeast Pacific 1990
Garthambrus poupini Central Pacific 1993
Garthambrus stellatus Pacific Ocean. 1906
Garthambrus tani Western Pacific 2008
Garthambrus undulatus Western Central Pacific 2009
Heterocrypta granulata Smooth elbow crab Western Atlantic Ocean. 1850
Heterocrypta lapidea Western Atlantic. 1.0 CW 1901
Heterocrypta occidentalis Sandflat elbow crab Eastern Pacific 5 CW 1854
Lambrachaeus ramifer Thorny elbow crab To be filled. 1895
Lambrus laciniatus Western Pacific 4.5 CW 1915
Leiolambrus nitidus White elbow crab Western Atlantic Ocean. 1901
Leiolambrus punctatissimus Eastern Pacific 1839
Mesorhoea sexspinosa Sixspine elbow crab Western Atlantic. Tropic 1.1 CW 1871
Mimilambrus wileyi Western Atlantic. Tropic 1979
Neikolambrus polemistes Western Central Pacific. 2003
Niobafia erosa Indo-Pacific. 1879
Nodolambrus nodosus Eastern Indian Ocean 1853
Olenorfia cariei Indo-Pacific. 1914
Parthenope agona Yellow elbow crab Western Atlantic Ocean. 1871
Parthenope chondrodes Western Central Pacific. 1994
Parthenope echinatus Indo-Pacific 1790
Parthenope longimanus White long-armed crab Northwest Pacific 1758
Parthenope massena Northeast Atlantic 1830
Piloslambrus triangulus Northeast Atlantic 1860
Platylambrus fraterculus Rough elbow crab Western Atlantic Ocean. 1.8 CW 1871
Platylambrus granulata Bladetooth elbow crab Western Atlantic 1879
Platylambrus granulatus Western Central Atlantic. 1879
Platylambrus pourtalesii Spinous elbow crab Western Atlantic Ocean. 2.7 CW 1871
Platylambrus prensor Indo-West Pacific 1803
Platylambrus serratus Sawtooth elbow crab Western Atlantic Ocean. 1834
Pseudolambrus bicornis Two-horned yellow crab Western Central Pacific 1930
Pseudolambrus bispinosus Western Central Pacific. 1902
Pseudolambrus calappoides Western Central Pacific. 1848
Pseudolambrus confragosus Western Central Pacific. 1900
Pseudolambrus constrictus Southwest Pacific 2007
Pseudolambrus harpax Eastern Indian Ocean 1848
Pseudolambrus planus Western Central Pacific. 1911
Pseudolambrus tarpeius Western Central Pacific. 1849
Rhinolambrus contrarius Crabs Indo-Pacific 1804
Rhinolambrus cybelis Western Central Pacific. 1895
Rhinolambrus lamelliger Indo-West Pacific 1847
Rhinolambrus longispinus Black long-armed crab Western Central Pacific 1879
Rhinolambrus pelagicus Western Central Pacific 1830
Rhinolambrus rudis Western Central Pacific. 1916
Solenolambrus decemspinosus Western Central Atlantic. 1894
Solenolambrus tenellus Western Central Atlantic. 1871
Solenolambrus typicus Western Central Atlantic. 1871
Spinolambrus macrochelos wrinkled elbow crab Eastern Atlantic and the 1790
Thyrolambrus astroides Western Atlantic and Indo 1894
Thyrolambrus efflorescens Indo-Pacific. 1895
Thyrolambrus verrucibrachium Eastern Central Pacific 1999
Tutankhamen cristatipes Western Central Atlantic. 1880
Zarenkolambrus epibranchialis Southeast Pacific 1990
Zarenkolambrus minutus Eastern Central Pacific 2009



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