Batwing coral crab
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phylum | Arthropoda | The Batwing Coral Crab is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from the coast of Florida until Brazil including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It is the largest crab of this geographic area, and is edible.
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subphylum | Crustacea | |
class | Malacostraca | |
order | Decapoda | |
infraorder | Brachyura | |
family | Carpiliidae | |
genus | Carpilius | |
species | C. corallinus |