List of decapod crustaceans of Dominica

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); three species of hermit crab; one species of porcelain crab (infraorder Anomura); and eleven species of freshwater shrimp (infraorder Caridea).

Cardisoma guanhumi, Woodford Hill, Dominica

Gecarcinus lateralis, Woodford Hill

Guinotia dentata, Emerald Pool, Dominica

Atlantic ghost crab (Ocypode quadrata), Calibishie, Dominica

Infraorder Anomura (hermit crabs and porcelain crabs)

Family Coenobitidae

• Caribbean hermit crab Coenobita cypleatus

Family Lithodidae

• Lithodes manningi

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.