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Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea
Photo index of crustaceans on Singapore shores


shrimps and shrimp-like
prawns and lobsters
crabs and crab-like
hermit crabs
(crab-like animals
living in shells)
barnacles
other crustaceans

These are NOT crustaceans

Mangrove
horseshoe crab

Phylum Arthropoda
Class Merastomata

Coastal
horseshoe crab

Phylum Arthropoda
Class Merastomata

Marine spider
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Arachnida

Limpets
Phylum Mollusca
 
Diameter to about 15cm. Shell brownish. Tail is rounded in cross-section. Diameter to about 25cm. Shell greyish. Tail is triangular in cross-section.      

how to tell apart limpets and barnacles



photo index of
crustaceans on this site
crustaceans
all crustaceans

shrimps
all shrimps and shrimp-like


crabs and crab-like
all crabs and crab-like

barnacles
barnacles

other crustaceans
others crustaceans
sea slaters, beachfleas, mussel shrimps
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