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List of crustaceans of Puerto Rico facts for kids

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This is a list of crustaceans of Puerto Rico.

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  • Atya innoccus (Innocous freshwater shrimp, gata chica, chágara)
  • Atya lanipes (Spinning freshwater shrimp, chágara giradora)
  • Atya scabra (Roughback freshwater shrimp, guábara, gata grande)
  • Macrobrachium carcinus (Bigclaw river shrimp, camarón de Años, viejo)
  • Macrobrachium crenulatum (Striped river shrimp, coyuntero del verde, rayao)
  • Macrobrachium faustinum (Bigarm river shrimp, coyuntero, pelú, popeye)
  • Macrobrachium heterochirus (Cascade river shrimp, camarón tigre, leopardo)
  • Emerita portoricensis (Puerto Rican sand crab, cangrejo topo)
  • Typhlatya monae
  • Cardisoma guanhumi (blue land crab, juey común)
  • Gecarcinus lateralis (blackback land crab, red land crab, jueyita de tierra, mona)
  • Gecarcinus ruricola (purple land crab, black land crab, juey morao)
  • Arenaeus cribarius (Speckled swimming crab, cocolía marina, pecosa)
  • Callinectes bocourti (Bocourt swimming crab, cocolía de Bocourt)
  • Callinectes exasperatus (Rugose swimming crab, cocolía arrugada)
  • Callinectes ornatos (Shelligs, cocolía adornada, jaiba)
  • Callinectes sapidus (Blue crab, cocolía azul)
  • Cardisoma guanhumi (Blue land crab, juey de tierra, juey azul, palanca)
  • Carpilius corallinus (Batwing coral crab, juey dormido)
  • Epilobocera sinuatifrons (Puerto Rican freshwater crab, buruquena, bruquena)
  • Gecarcinus laterales (Blackback land crab, jueyita de tierra)
  • Gecarcinus ruricola (Purple land crab, juey morao, monita)
  • Goniopsis cruentata (Mangrove root crab, juey de mangle, cangrejo)
  • Mithrax spinosissimus (Channel clinging crab, cangrejo rey del Caribe)
  • Ocypode quadrata (White ghost crab, cangrejo fantasma, jueya blanca)
  • Ucides cordatus (swamp ghost crab, zambuco, cambú, juey pelú)

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