Table 1. Camparison of several Branchyuran crabs found in Manado Bay

Species	Carapace shape	Color	Source
Metopograpsus oceanicus	The dorsal carapace is trapezoidal in shape narrowing at the bottom of the posterior.The margin of posterolateral and anterolateral parts has straight edges without teeth/spines.	- A pair of claws which are shorter than the pereiopods, purplish-orange in color, have a rough white dotted motif and the fixed finger (polex) is white.- The carpus, propodus and dactylus segments have yellow setae with fine hairs. A pair of pereiopod at the merus part is black with brownish yellow motif.	(Paransa et al., 2023) (current finding)
Grapsus albolineatus	Carapace is circular.Convex-shape, has four lobes.	There are linear lines with orange dots at the dorsal of carapace.	Paransa et al. (2019)
Ategratis floridus	Crab has an oval and convex carapace.	Carapace has symmetrical stripes on the right and left sides with a yellowish green color.	Siahaan et al. (2022)