> [!summary]- Classification
**Kingdom**:: [Animalia](Animalia.md)
**Phylum**:: Arthropoda
**Subphylum**:: [Crustacea](Crustacea.md)
**Superclass**::
**Class**:: Malacostraca
**Subclass**:: Eumalacostraca
**Superorder**:: Eucarida
**Order**:: [Decapoda](Decapoda.md)
**Suborder**:: Pleocyemata
**Superfamily**::
**Family**:: Mithracidae
**Subfamily**::
**Genus**:: Maguimithrax
**Species**:: M. spinosissimus
**Vernacular**:: Channel clinging crab
## Photos
*[116 - 2023-03-01 - Sources chaudes - Saint Pierre - Martinique](116%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Sources%20chaudes%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - One of my favorite picture of the stay in Martinique. I love its expression, just like it has been caught in the act of foolishness. Outside of this, I was lucky to have such a clear picture. We can see a lot of details by zooming on it. All my pictures are in full HD, so feel free to zoom in! Found in a [Xestospongia muta - Barrel sponge](Xestospongia%20muta%20-%20Barrel%20sponge.md)*
*[115 - 2023-03-01 - Canyons de Babodie - Saint Pierre - Martinique](115%20-%202023-03-01%20-%20Canyons%20de%20Babodie%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - The crab was really in this vertical position when I saw it. This one is particularly hairy.*
*[112 - 2023-02-27 - Pointe Lamarre - Saint Pierre - Martinique](112%20-%202023-02-27%20-%20Pointe%20Lamarre%20-%20Saint%20Pierre%20-%20Martinique.md) - A moult remained in a [[Xestospongia muta - Barrel sponge]]*
## Notes
Can be confused with another specie of crab, smaller, with an elongated forehead, the [Mithrax aculeatus - Hairy spider-crab](Mithrax%20aculeatus%20-%20Hairy%20spider-crab.md).
## References
- https://doris.ffessm.fr/Especes/Maguimithrax-spinosissimus-Araignee-de-mer-verruqueuse-3544/(rOffset)/7
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