[2] Dyspanopeus texanus are an organism that is found in the phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Crustacea, order of Decapoda, and finally in the newly erected superfamily: Xanthiadae.

In many other species of crabs, one of these main claws are usually extremely large and are used to fight other males in order to gain the attention of females for mating.

[4] The Dyspanopeus texanus are also one of the most abundant and dominant crab species in the coastal lagoons of southwestern Gulf of Mexico, including Términos, Tamiahua, and Madre.

The Texas Mud Crabs are also known as euryhaline species, which means that they can adapt to wide ranges of salinity, which is why they have been historically found living on macroalgae, seagrasses, and submerged aquatic vegetation.

The only information that could be acquired of the D. texanus, as observed in the Laguna de Términos, was that they are sexually mature at sizes as small as five millimeters wide.