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Family: Leucosiidae purse crabs (See list of species below)

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138 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Acanthilia intermedia [Granulose purse crab]	No picture found Actaeomorpha alvae []	No picture found Actaeomorpha erosa []
No picture found Alox bothros []	No picture found Alox chaunos []	No picture found Alox ornatum []
No picture found Alox somphos []	No picture found Alox tormos []	No picture found Ancylodactyla nana []
No picture found Arcania cornuta []	No picture found Arcania elongata []	No picture found Arcania erinacea []
No picture found Arcania gracilis []	No picture found Arcania heptacantha []	No picture found Arcania novemspinosa []
Arcania septemspinosa []	No picture found Arcania tuberculata []	Arcania undecimspinosa [Three-spined box crab]
No picture found Bellidilia undecimspinosa []	No picture found Callidactylus asper [Spurfinger purse crab]	No picture found Cateios frontalis []
No picture found Cryptocnemus macrognathus []	No picture found Ebalia abdominalis []	No picture found Ebalia ambiguus []
No picture found Ebalia cariosa [Sculptured clutch crab]	No picture found Ebalia cranchii []	No picture found Ebalia humilis []
No picture found Ebalia jordani []	No picture found Ebalia sculpta []	No picture found Ebalia stimpsonii [Thinarm clutch crab]
Ebalia tuberosa [Pennant's nut crab]	No picture found Ebalia tumefacta [Bryer's nut crab]	No picture found Ebalia webberi []
No picture found Ebaliopsis erosa []	No picture found Euclosia crosnieri []	No picture found Euclosia scitula []
No picture found Euclosia unidentata []	No picture found Euclosiana obtusifrons []	No picture found Favus granulatus [Rubble crab]
No picture found Heterolithadia fallax []	No picture found Heteronucia oeschi []	No picture found Heteronucia spinifera []
No picture found Heteronucia venusta []	No picture found Hiplyra platycheir []	No picture found Hiplyra sagitta []
No picture found Hiplyra variegata []	No picture found Ilia nucleus [Pebble crab]	No picture found Iliacantha liodactylus []
No picture found Iliacantha sparsa [Shouldered purse crab]	No picture found Iliacantha subglobosa [Longfinger purse crab]	No picture found Ixa acuta []
No picture found Ixa cylindrus []	No picture found Ixa edwardsii []	No picture found Ixa megaspis []
No picture found Ixa monodi [Red Sea pebble crab]	No picture found Ixa pulcherrima []	No picture found Leucisca rubifera []
No picture found Leucosia anatum []	No picture found Leucosia brevimana []	No picture found Leucosia craniolaris []
No picture found Leucosia haswelli []	No picture found Leucosia moresbiensis []	No picture found Leucosia ocellata []
No picture found Leucosia punctata []	No picture found Leucosia reticulata []	No picture found Leucosia rubripalma []
No picture found Leucosia signata []	No picture found Lithadia cadaverosa [Carinate clutch crab]	No picture found Lithadia granulosa []
No picture found Lyphira heterograna []	No picture found Myra affinis []	No picture found Myra australis []
No picture found Myra celeris []	No picture found Myra curtimana []	No picture found Myra elegans []
No picture found Myra eudactyla []	No picture found Myra fugax [Fleeting purse crab]	No picture found Myra grandis []
No picture found Myra kessleri []	No picture found Myra pernix []	No picture found Myra subgranulata []
No picture found Myra tumidospina []	No picture found Myropsis quinquespinosa [Fivespine purse crab]	No picture found Nucia rosea []
Nucia speciosa []	No picture found Nursia mimetica []	No picture found Nursia minor []
No picture found Nursia persica []	No picture found Nursia plicata []	No picture found Nursia rhomboidalis []
No picture found Onychomorpha lamelligera []	No picture found Oreophorus fenestratus []	No picture found Oreophorus horridus []
No picture found Oreophorus reticulatus []	No picture found Oreotlos angulatus []	No picture found Oreotlos encymus []
No picture found Oreotlos pala []	No picture found Oreotlos potanus []	No picture found Paranursia abbreviata []
No picture found Persephona crinita [Pink purse crab]	No picture found Persephona lichtensteinii []	Persephona mediterranea [Mottled purse crab]
No picture found Persephona orbicularis []	No picture found Persephona punctata []	No picture found Philyra carinata []
No picture found Philyra concinnus []	No picture found Philyra globus []	No picture found Philyra malefactrix [Millet crab]
No picture found Philyra orbicularis []	No picture found Philyra platycheir []	No picture found Philyra sagittifera []
No picture found Philyra scabriuscula []	No picture found Praebebalia septemspinosa []	No picture found Praosia punctata [Cheryl crab]
No picture found Pseudophilyra blandfordi []	No picture found Pseudophilyra woodmasoni []	No picture found Pyrhila pisum []
No picture found Randallia eburnea []	No picture found Randallia ornata [Globose sand crab]	No picture found Ryphila cancellus []
No picture found Seulocia anahita []	No picture found Seulocia laevimana []	No picture found Seulocia latirostrata []
No picture found Seulocia pubescens []	No picture found Seulocia rhomboidalis []	No picture found Soceulia marmorea []
No picture found Speloeophorus elevatus [Bighole clutch crab]	No picture found Speloeophorus nodosus [Twohole clutch crab]	No picture found Speloeophorus pontifer [Smallhole clutch crab]
No picture found Tanaoa distinctus []	No picture found Tanaoa pustulosus []	No picture found Tanaoa serenei []
No picture found Tlos muriger []	No picture found Uhlias limbatus [Eroded clutch crab]	No picture found Urnalana cumingii []
No picture found Urnalana haematosticta []	No picture found Urnalana purarensis []	No picture found Urnalana whitei []

138 Species of Family Leucosiidae
(purse crabs)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Acanthilia intermedia	Granulose purse crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Actaeomorpha alvae		Eastern Central Pacific
Actaeomorpha erosa		Indo-Pacific
Alox bothros		Western Central Pacific
Alox chaunos		Western Central Pacific
Alox ornatum		Western Pacific
Alox somphos		Western Central Pacific
Alox tormos		Western Central Pacific
Ancylodactyla nana		Pacific Ocean
Arcania cornuta		Indo-West Pacific
Arcania elongata		Western Pacific
Arcania erinacea		Indo-West Pacific.
Arcania gracilis		Indo-West Pacific
Arcania heptacantha		Western Pacific	4.58 CW
Arcania novemspinosa		Western Central Pacific
Arcania septemspinosa		Indo-West Pacific	3.53 CW
Arcania tuberculata		Indo-West Pacific.
Arcania undecimspinosa	Three-spined box crab	Indo-Pacific	1.51 CW
Bellidilia undecimspinosa		Western Indian Ocean
Callidactylus asper	Spurfinger purse crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Cateios frontalis		Western Pacific
Cryptocnemus macrognathus		Western Central Pacific
Ebalia abdominalis		Western Indian Ocean.
Ebalia ambiguus		Northeast Atlantic
Ebalia cariosa	Sculptured clutch crab	Western Atlantic
Ebalia cranchii		Northeast Atlantic
Ebalia humilis		Western Pacific
Ebalia jordani		Pacific Ocean
Ebalia sculpta		Southeast Pacific
Ebalia stimpsonii	Thinarm clutch crab	Western Atlantic
Ebalia tuberosa	Pennant's nut crab	Northeast Atlantic
Ebalia tumefacta	Bryer's nut crab	Northeast Atlantic.
Ebalia webberi		Southwest Pacific
Ebaliopsis erosa		Indo-Pacific.
Euclosia crosnieri		Western Pacific
Euclosia scitula		Western Central Pacific
Euclosia unidentata		Western Pacific
Euclosiana obtusifrons		Western Indian Ocean
Favus granulatus	Rubble crab	Western Central Pacific
Heterolithadia fallax		Western Central Pacific
Heteronucia oeschi		Western Central Pacific.
Heteronucia spinifera		Eastern Central Pacific
Heteronucia venusta		Pacific Ocean
Hiplyra platycheir		Northwest Pacific	1.96 CL
Hiplyra sagitta		Indian Ocean.
Hiplyra variegata		Western Indian Ocean.
Ilia nucleus	Pebble crab	Northeast Atlantic
Iliacantha liodactylus		Western Atlantic.
Iliacantha sparsa	Shouldered purse crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Iliacantha subglobosa	Longfinger purse crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Ixa acuta		Eastern Indian Ocean
Ixa cylindrus		Indo-West Pacific.
Ixa edwardsii		Indo-West Pacific.	6.19 CW
Ixa megaspis		Western Central Pacific
Ixa monodi	Red Sea pebble crab	Western Indian Ocean and
Ixa pulcherrima		Western Central Pacific
Leucisca rubifera		Indian Ocean.
Leucosia anatum		Indo-West Pacific.
Leucosia brevimana		Western Central Pacific
Leucosia craniolaris		Western Pacific.
Leucosia haswelli		Indo-West Pacific
Leucosia moresbiensis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosia ocellata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosia punctata		Western Pacific
Leucosia reticulata		Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosia rubripalma		Western Central Pacific
Leucosia signata		Indo-West Pacific
Lithadia cadaverosa	Carinate clutch crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Lithadia granulosa		Western Central Atlantic.
Lyphira heterograna		Western Pacific	2.18 CL
Myra affinis		Indo-Pacific
Myra australis		Indo-West Pacific
Myra celeris		Western Pacific	4.4 CL
Myra curtimana		Western Central Pacific
Myra elegans		Indo-West Pacific
Myra eudactyla		Indo-West Pacific
Myra fugax	Fleeting purse crab	Indo-Pacific. From Gulf
Myra grandis		Indo-Pacific.
Myra kessleri		Western Central Pacific
Myra pernix		Indo-West Pacific and the
Myra subgranulata		Western Indian Ocean and
Myra tumidospina		Western Central Pacific
Myropsis quinquespinosa	Fivespine purse crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Nucia rosea		Eastern Central Pacific
Nucia speciosa		Indo-Pacific.
Nursia mimetica		Indo-Pacific
Nursia minor		Northwest Pacific
Nursia persica		Western Indian Ocean
Nursia plicata		Indo-West Pacific.	2.39 CW
Nursia rhomboidalis		Northwest Pacific
Onychomorpha lamelligera		Western Central Pacific
Oreophorus fenestratus		Western Indian Ocean
Oreophorus horridus		Western Indian Ocean.
Oreophorus reticulatus		Western Central Pacific
Oreotlos angulatus		Western Central Pacific
Oreotlos encymus		Eastern Central Pacific
Oreotlos pala		Indo-Pacific.
Oreotlos potanus		Eastern Central Pacific
Paranursia abbreviata		Indo-West Pacific.	1.05 CW
Persephona crinita	Pink purse crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Persephona lichtensteinii		Western Atlantic.	2.95 CW
Persephona mediterranea	Mottled purse crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.	4.46 CW
Persephona orbicularis		Eastern Pacific
Persephona punctata		Western Atlantic.	4.23 CW
Philyra carinata		Northwest Pacific
Philyra concinnus		Western Indian Ocean.
Philyra globus		Indian Ocean.
Philyra malefactrix	Millet crab	Western Central Pacific
Philyra orbicularis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Philyra platycheir		Indo-West Pacific
Philyra sagittifera		Western Indian Ocean.
Philyra scabriuscula		Western Indian Ocean
Praebebalia septemspinosa		Western Central Pacific
Praosia punctata	Cheryl crab	Western Central Pacific
Pseudophilyra blandfordi		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudophilyra woodmasoni		Western Central Pacific
Pyrhila pisum		Northwest and Western Cen
Randallia eburnea		Indo-West Pacific.
Randallia ornata	Globose sand crab	Eastern Pacific	5 CW
Ryphila cancellus		Indo-West Pacific.
Seulocia anahita		Western Indian Ocean.
Seulocia laevimana		Eastern Indian Ocean
Seulocia latirostrata		Northwest Pacific	2.03 CL
Seulocia pubescens		Indo-West Pacific.
Seulocia rhomboidalis		Northwest Pacific	1.48 CL
Soceulia marmorea		Western Central Pacific
Speloeophorus elevatus	Bighole clutch crab	Southwest Atlantic
Speloeophorus nodosus	Twohole clutch crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Speloeophorus pontifer	Smallhole clutch crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Tanaoa distinctus		Western and central Pacif
Tanaoa pustulosus		Indo-West Pacific.
Tanaoa serenei		Pacific Ocean.
Tlos muriger		Western Central Pacific
Uhlias limbatus	Eroded clutch crab	Western Atlantic Ocean.
Urnalana cumingii		Western Central Pacific
Urnalana haematosticta		Indo-West Pacific	1.27 CL
Urnalana purarensis		Western Pacific Ocean.
Urnalana whitei		Western Central Pacific

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