Pyromaia cuspidata

Pyromaia cuspidata, also known as the dartnose pear crab,^[2][3][4][5] is a species of crab in the family Inachoididae.^[1] This crab appears similar to Anasimus latus. It is a long-legged crab with a trident-shaped rostrum, and occurs in Atlantic waters from North Carolina to west Florida, and in the Gulf of Mexico through the Yucatán Peninsula down to Nicaragua. It is also found in Cuban waters. This species lives in depths of 27–549 metres (89–1,801 ft) on bottoms of mud, sand, or pebbles.^[2]

Pyromaia cuspidata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Inachoididae
Genus:	Pyromaia
Species:	P. cuspidata
Binomial name
Pyromaia cuspidata Stimpson, 1871
Synonyms [1]
Inachoides brevirostrum Lockington, 1877 Inachoides magdalenensis Rathbun, 1894