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Scleroplax
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Scleroplax

Scleroplax is a genus of crabs in the family Pinnotheridae.

Species of the genus Scleroplax live as a commensal of various burrowing animals including the mud shrimp Neotrypaea californiensis, N. gigas, Upogebia pugettensis and U. macginiteorum, and the echiuran worm Urechis caupo (known as the "fat innkeeper"), and occurs from Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Punta Abreojos, Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Gaper Pea Crab

speciesScleroplax littoralis

Mantle Pea Crab

speciesScleroplax faba

Tube-dwelling Pea Crab

speciesScleroplax tubicola

Schmitt Pea Crab

speciesScleroplax schmitti

Burrow Pea Crab

speciesScleroplax granulata

Innkeeper Crab

speciesScleroplax franciscana

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117673.