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Family: Dorippidae sumo crab (See list of species below)

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26 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Dorippe frascone [Carrier crab]	No picture found Dorippe japonica []	No picture found Dorippe quadridens [Porter crab]
No picture found Dorippe sinica []	No picture found Dorippe trilobata []	No picture found Dorippoides facchino []
No picture found Ethusa americana [Stalkeye sumo crab]	No picture found Ethusa hawaiiensis []	No picture found Ethusa indonesiensis []
No picture found Ethusa izuensis []	No picture found Ethusa mascarone []	No picture found Ethusa microphthalma [Broadback sumo crab]
No picture found Ethusa tenuipes [Spiketoe sumo crab]	No picture found Ethusa truncata [Truncate sumo crab]	No picture found Ethusina abyssicola [Abyssal sumo crab]
No picture found Ethusina crenulata []	No picture found Ethusina gracilipes []	No picture found Ethusina huilianae []
No picture found Ethusina microspina []	No picture found Heikeopsis arachnoides []	Medorippe lanata []
No picture found Neodorippe callida [Leaf-porter crab]	No picture found Nobilum histrio []	No picture found Paradorippe australiensis []
No picture found Paradorippe granulata [Granulated mask crab]	No picture found Paradorippe polita []

26 Species of Family Dorippidae
(sumo crab)

Sort by: Species Length

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Dorippe frascone	Carrier crab	Northwest Pacific
Dorippe japonica		Western Pacific	2.82 CW
Dorippe quadridens	Porter crab	Indo-West Pacific	4.4 CW
Dorippe sinica		Northwest Pacific	3.73 CW
Dorippe trilobata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Dorippoides facchino		Indo-West Pacific.	3.23 CW
Ethusa americana	Stalkeye sumo crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Ethusa hawaiiensis		Pacific Ocean.
Ethusa indonesiensis		Pacific Ocean.
Ethusa izuensis		Western Pacific
Ethusa mascarone		Mediterranean
Ethusa microphthalma	Broadback sumo crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Ethusa tenuipes	Spiketoe sumo crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Ethusa truncata	Truncate sumo crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Ethusina abyssicola	Abyssal sumo crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Ethusina crenulata		Eastern Central Pacific
Ethusina gracilipes		Western Central Pacific
Ethusina huilianae		Eastern Central Pacific
Ethusina microspina		Pacific Ocean.
Heikeopsis arachnoides		Northwest Pacific	1.77 CW
Medorippe lanata		Mediterranean	2.9 CL
Neodorippe callida	Leaf-porter crab	Indo-West Pacific.	1.36 CL
Nobilum histrio		Western Central Pacific
Paradorippe australiensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Paradorippe granulata	Granulated mask crab	Northwest Pacific. Peter	2.28 CW
Paradorippe polita		Northwest Pacific

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