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

• Cardisoma guanhumi
• Gecarcinus lateralis
• Gecarcinus ruricola

Family Grapsidae

• Geograpsus lividus
• Goniopsis cruentata
• Grapsus grapsus

Family Ocypodidae

• Ocypode quadrata
• Uca burgersi
• Uca vocator
• Ucides cordatus

Family Plagusiidae

• Plagusia depressa

Family Portunidae

• Callinectes bocourti
• Callinectes marginatus
• Callinectes sapidus

Family Pseudothelphusidae

• Guinotia dentata

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.