Pulau Semakau checklist - arthropods and crustacea

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Pulau Semakau checklist
updated Nov 09

Intertidal flora and fauna

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Arachnida (spiders)

Marine spider
Desis martensi
Family Desidae

Subphylum Crustacea

Order Decapoda

Leaf porter crab Family Dorippidae	Stone crab Myomenippe hardwickii Family Menippidae	Spotted-belly forceps crab Ozius guttatus Family Oziidae	Pebble crab Family Leucosiidae	Sentinel crab Macrophthalmus sp. Family Macrophthalmidae
Soldier crab Dotilla sp. Family Dotillidae	Sand bubbler crab Scopimera sp. Family Dotillidae	Porcelain fiddler crab Uca annulipes Family Ocypodidae	Orange fiddler crab Uca vocans Family Ocypodidae	Horn-eyed ghost crab Ocypode ceratophthalmus Family Ocypodidae
Elbow crab Family Parthenopidae	Hairy crab Family Pilumnidae	Face-band sesarmine crab Perisesarma indiarum Family Sesarmidae	Tree climbing crab Episesarma sp. Family Sesarmidae
Floral egg crab Atergatis floridus Family Xanthidae	Red egg crab Atergatis integerrimus Family Xanthidae	Mosaic crab Lophozozymus pictor Family Xanthidae	Spoon-pincer crab Leptodius sp. Family Xanthidae
Blue swimming crab Thalamita sp. Family Portunidae	Blue-spined swimming crab Thalamita sp. Family Portunidae	Chocolate swimming crab Thalamita sp. Family Portunidae	Red swimming crab Thalamita spinimana Family Portunidae
Flower crab Portunus pelagicus Family Portunidae	Mud crab Scylla sp. Family Portunidae

Order Anomura hermit crabs

Striped hermit crab Clibanarius infraspinatus
Family Diogenidae

Land hermit crab
Coenobita sp.
Family Coenobitidae

Spotted hermit crab
Dardanus megistos
Family Diogenidae

Tidal hermit crab
Diogenes sp.
Family Diogenidae

Very hairy hermit crab
Dardanus lagopodes

Prawns and shrimps

Five-spot anemone shrimp Periclimenes brevicarpalis Family Palaemonidae	Carpet anemone shrimp Periclimenes sp. Family Palaemonidae
Many-banded snapping shrimp awaiting identification Family Alpheidae	Ornamented snapping shrimp Alpheus brevicristatus Family Alpheidae	Penaeid prawn Family Penaeidae	Red banded shrimp awaiting identification

Other crustaceans

Smasher mantis shrimp Gonodactylus chiragra
Order Stomatopoda

Sea slaters
Ligia sp.
Order Isopoda

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