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 Brachyura, picture of crab Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761) Brachyura, photo of crab Pilumnus hirtellus Pilumnidae Pilumnus hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761) Black Sea Range. From North Sea to Mediterranean and Black Sea.  One of the most common crab species in the Black Sea, to 35 m, different bottoms, more  frequent in surf zone, on rocks and stones with algae.  Size of carapace. 20 x 28 mm.  [Kobjakova & Dolgopolskaya, 1969, p. 295].  crab Pilumnus hirtellus