Lithodidae Dromiidae Atelecyclidae Cancridae Pirimelidae Cheiragonidae Dorippidae Eriphiidae Epialtidae Inachidae Oregoniidae Pilumnidae Geryonidae Portunidae Potamidae Panopeidae Xanthidae Grapsidae Images Name list Publications Sites alex@equator.ru Whole checklist По-русски (in Russian) Porcellanidae Varunidae Camptandriidae Macrophthalmidae Pinnotheridae Hapalogastridae Plagusiidae Far East / North Pacific Black Sea Baltic Sea Freshwater crabs Arctic Ocean Designed and composed by Alex Alyakrinsky, 2011 Inachidae Macropodia rostrata (Linnaeus, 1761) Arctic Ocean & Black Sea Range. “Macropodia rostrata inhabits the entire Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the E  Atlantic between the Murman coast and S Africa” [Holthuis, L.B. & Gottlieb, E., 1958, p. 109].  In the Black Sea it is found at the same habitat as Macropodia longirostris, but apparently it is  more rare species. [Kobjakova & Dolgopolskaya, 1969, p. 289]. In the Black Sea it avoids  brackish water and inhabits littoral and sublittoral zones from Tarkhankut Cape to Caucasus.  [Makarov, 2004, p. 335].  Size of carapace. 15,5 x 12,5 mm, male. [Bacescu, 1967, p. 268]. Up to 22 mm. [Makarov,  2004, p. 333].