East coast blue crab. Known locally as "Jaiba", bought in "La Placita" market in Guatemala city. Photographed as a part of a research project on Guatemalan crabs.
Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=BrachyuraFamily=MictyridaeGenus=Mictyris ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.com Species=longicarpus?Binomial name=Mictyris longicarpus?Common name=soldier crab
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. bd.6. AtlasJena,G. Fischer,1902-40.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6307586