List of decapod crustaceans of Dominica
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Cardisoma_guanhumi.jpg/220px-Cardisoma_guanhumi.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Gecarcinus_lateralis_2.jpg/220px-Gecarcinus_lateralis_2.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Guinotia_dentata.jpg/220px-Guinotia_dentata.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Ocypode_quadrata.jpg/220px-Ocypode_quadrata.jpg)
Thirty-two species of decapod crustaceans have been recorded in Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean Lesser Antilles. This includes eighteen species of true crabs (infraorder Brachyura); one species of hermit crab; one species of porcelain crab (infraorder Anomura); and eleven species of freshwater shrimp (infraorder Caridea).
Infraorder Anomura (hermit crabs and porcelain crabs)
- Family Coenobitidae
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- Caribbean hermit crab Coenobita cypleatus
Infraorder Brachyura (true crabs)
- Family Plagusiidae
- Family Varunidae
Infraorder Caridea (shrimp)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Macrobrachium_carcinus.jpg/220px-Macrobrachium_carcinus.jpg)
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.