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Crustaceans
Species Profiles

Copepods & Amphipods
• Subclass Copepoda & Malacostraca >Order Amphipoda
A classification profile and facts about these shrimp-like crustaceans that dwell in the substrate as adults, but during their larval and juvenile stages are most often free swimming, which in all likelihood are what those little white bugs are in your aquarium.
Star Ratings Chart
Crabs - Hermits
Photo is property of Gina Morgan - DO NOT COPY!• Class Malacostraca
A general overview about choosing hermits in this class for an aquarium with notes about some of the undesirable larger species, and some of the popular algae eating species - Genus Calcinus, Blue and Red Legged, Blue Eyed, and Scarlet Hermits.
Crabs - True
Photo is Brian Tissot's Hawaii Coral Reef Network - DO NOT COPY!7-11 Crab
Carpilus maculatus

• Class Malacostraca
A general overview about choosing crabs in this class for an aquarium with notes about the 7-11, Emerald Green, Sally Lightfoot, and Arrow Crab species, as well as the very unusual Horseshoe Crab.
Shrimps
Photo used by courtesy of Marine Depot - DO NOT COPY!Camelback
Rhynchocienetes uritai
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Photo by Debbie HauterCoral Banded
Stenopus hispidus
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Photo by Debbie HauterHarlequin
Hymenocera picta
or elegans
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Photo is property of Marine Depot - DO NOT COPY!Peppermint
Lysmata wurdemanni
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Photo by Debbie Hauter• Class Malacostraca
A general overview about choosing shrimps in this class for an aquarium with notes about the various desirable Lysmata species Cleaner Shrimps, and the Coral Banded, Clown/Harlequin, Peppermint, and Anemone/Pacific Clown species.
Star Ratings Chart
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