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Updated 6/12/2021

Family Panopeidae

TROPICAL ATLANTIC

Panopeus obesus

Amoray Resort, Key Largo, 2 feet

SALT MARSH MUD CRAB

Common in muddy areas near shore.  Purplish brown carapace and claws, pale walking legs.  Attains carapace width of 2 inches.  South Carolina to the Gulf of Mexico and NE Brazil.