List of decapod crustaceans of Dominica
Cardisoma guanhumi, Woodford Hill, Dominica
Gecarcinus lateralis, Woodford Hill
Guinotia dentata, Emerald Pool, Dominica
Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata), Calibishie, Dominica
Thirty-two species of decapod crustaceans have been recorded in Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. They include eighteen species of true crabs (infraorder Brachyura); one species of hermit crab and one species of porcelain crab (infraorder Anomura); and eleven species of freshwater shrimp (infraorder Caridea).
Infraorder Anomura (hermit crabs and porcelain crabs)
- Family Coenobitidae
- Caribbean hermit crab Coenobita cypleatus
- Family Porcellanidae
- Petrolisthes quadratus
Infraorder Brachyura (true crabs)
- Family Gecarcinidae
- Family Grapsidae
- Geograpsus lividus
- Goniopsis cruentata
- Grapsus grapsus
- Family Ocypodidae
- Ocypode quadrata
- Uca burgersi
- Uca vocator
- Ucides cordatus
- Family Plagusiidae
- Plagusia depressa
- Family Portunidae
- Family Pseudothelphusidae
- Family Sesarmidae
- Sesarma miersii
- Sesarma robertii
- Family Varunidae
- Cyclograpsus integer
Infraorder Caridea (shrimp)
Macrobrachium carcinus specimen from Dominica
- Family Atyidae
- Atya innocous
- Atya scabra
- Jonga serrei
- Micratya poeyi
- Potimirim glabra
- Xiphocaris elongata
- Family Palaemonidae
- Macrobrachium acanthurus
- Macrobrachium carcinus
- Macrobrachium crenulatum
- Macrobrachium faustinum
- Macrobrachium heterochirus
References
- Peter G. H. Evans & James Arlington (1997). Dominica, Nature Island of the Caribbean: Wildlife Checklists. Dominica Ministry of Tourism. pp. 6–9.
- Fenner A. Chace, Jr. & Horton H. Hobbs (1969). "The freshwater and terrestrial decapod crustaceans of the West Indies with special reference to Dominica". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 292: 1–258. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.292.1.
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