Floral egg crab

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phylum Arthropoda Atergatis floridus has an oval, relatively narrow carapace which has a smooth surface and smooth margins. The carapace is greenish or greenish-blue-brown and is marked with a pattern which resembles lace and is made up of a fine network of fine white or yellow lines white, resembling a shawl. It has large claws which are equal sizes and which are smooth with black spoon-shaped tips and which may be larger in males than females. The pereiopods are squarish in shape and quite thick with lilac edges and lack hair. The width of the carapace is 8–10 cm. The carapace is approximately 1.4 times broader than it is long.

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subphylum Crustacea
class Malacostraca
order Decapoda
infraorder Brachyura
family Xanthidae
genus Atergatis
species A. floridus