Z. adamsii is a small crab, described as “a torpid, though elegant little crustacean” by the English naturalist Arthur Adams when it was first discovered by him and the Scottish zoologist Adam White during the surveying voyage of HMS Samarang in the Far East between 1843 and 1846. The carapace and limbs are smooth and hairless and are adorned with long spines. The colour is pink with dark, reddish-brown vertical stripes.
Xenocarcinus tuberculatus is een krabbensoort uit de familie van de Epialtidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1847 door White.
Trapezia cymodoce is a species of crab from the Trapeziidae family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1801 by Herbst.
Quadrella maculosa is a species of crab from the Trapeziidae family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1898 by Alcock.
Pylopaguropsis lewinsohni is een tienpotigensoort uit de familie van de Paguridae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1989 door McLaughlin & Haig.
Sea spiders have long legs in contrast to a small body size. The number of walking legs is usually eight (four pairs), but species with five and six pairs exist. Because of their thin body and legs, no respiratory system is necessary, with gases moving by diffusion. A proboscis allows them to suck nutrients from soft-bodied invertebrates, and their digestive tract has diverticula extending into the legs.
Pseudopaguristes is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae.
An Pseudocryptochirus viridis in uska species han Malacostraca nga ginhulagway ni Hiro hadton 1938. An Pseudocryptochirus viridis in nahilalakip ha genus nga Pseudocryptochirus, ngan familia nga Cryptochiridae. Waray hini subspecies nga nakalista.
The males are bright blue in color with white spots and with characteristically long chelipeds, while the females have a duller green/brown, with a more rounded carapace. The carapace can be up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in) wide.
Porcellanella haigae is een tienpotigensoort uit de familie van de Porcellanidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1963 door Sankarankutty.
Neopetrolisthes maculatus is a species of porcelain crab from the Indo-Pacific region.It is a small, colourful crustacean with a porcelain-like shell. This porcelain crab is usually found within the stinging tentacles of a number of sea anemone species.
Macropodia is a genus of crabs, belonging to the family Inachidae.
Loxorhynchus crispatus, known generally as the masking crab or moss crab, is a species of true crab in the family Epialtidae. It is found in the East Pacific.
Lissoporcellana nakasonei is a ten-pot species from the Porcellanidae family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1978 by Miyake.
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Lissocarcinus laevis is een krabbensoort uit de familie van de Portunidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1886 door Miers.
With shelters on caps of sponges, ascidians, actinians or colonial cnidarians.
Hyastenus bispinosus is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae, found around Ambon, the Banda Islands, Timor and the Lembeh Strait off Sulawesi.
Huenia heraldica is a crab species from the Epialtidae family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1837 by De Haan.
Hoplophrys oatesi is a very colourful crab that grows from 1.5 to 2 cm. It lives on various species of soft coral in the genus Dendronephthya. It camouflages itself by mimicking the colours of the polyps among which it hides. It adds further camouflage by attaching polyps to its carapace. Colours vary depending on the colour of the coral, and may be white, pink, yellow or red.
The urchin crab is a brownish-pink colour and grows to a length of about 5 cm . It has long-stalked eyes, a rounded carapace and long, slender legs. It uses only the first two pairs of legs for locomotion because the third and fourth pairs are used to grip a sea urchin which it carries around on its back. It is similar in morphology to the jellyfish crab (Ethusa spp.) but is easily distinguished by the different invertebrate transported. It also resembles decorator crabs[2] but those actually stick living creatures such as sponges, hydroids and bryozoans, bits of algae and inert objects to their shells.
Dardanus pedunculatus usually attain a maximum size of 10 centimetres (4 in). The carapace is mottled in tan and cream, while the eyestalks are white with red bands. The sexes are similar. The left claw is much larger than the right claw.
Dardanus megistos can reach a body length of about 25 cm (9.8 in).These large crabs have a bright red body with small white eyespots surrounded by black. Their bodies are covered with long erect coarse hairs of a dark red color. They have a pair of long white primary antennae or antennules, a pair of secondary antennae, stalked green brown eyes and three pairs of mouth appendages. The stalks of the eyes are reddish with a basal white spot. The soft, asymmetrical abdomen is spiral-shaped, useful in keeping in the shell, with a five-piece tail (telson and uropods). Like all decapod crustaceans, they have ten legs. The first pair of legs carries the pincers ( chelipeds). The left plier is bigger than the right one.
Dardanus lagopodes, known commonly as the hairy red hermit crab, is a species of marine decapod crustacean in the family Diogenidae.Dardanus lagopodes is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific region, including the Red Sea. It reaches a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in).
Daldorfia horrida is a crab species from the Parthenopidae family. The scientific name of the species was first validly published in 1758 by Linnaeus.
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata is a small size spider crab, its carapace reach an average length of 45mm from the rostral area to posterior tip.The back side of the carapace is rounded but the rostral area is going relatively far ahead and looks like a head with lateral position of the eyes. However, it’s quite difficult to observe the carapace’s shape on a living animal because it’s covered with anemones. The four ambulacry, when not too much decorated, are creamy color with brown bands. In the majids, the decoration is fixed on the carapace and legs via hooked hairs. The claws are quite small and are also used to decorate themselves. The reason they cover their body is to camouflage themselves from potential predators, especially during the day; C. tuberculata fixes sea anemones of the family Discosomatidae to its carapace, and soft corals of the family Xeniidae to its legs.
Camposcia retusa, known commonly as the spider decorator crab, is a species of marine crustacea in the family Inachidae.
The spider decorator crab is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area, including the Red Sea.
This crab has a shell size of 3 cm and with the legs it can reach 10 cm.
Calcinus is a genus of hermit crabs in the family Diogenidae
Occurring in the intertidal zone to a depth of 50 m, this species has a carapace of about 15 cm, indistinctly rugose on the anterior half, with wavy lines edging the posterior. It is active during the night hours, and is able, when threatened, to swiftly burrow beneath the sand. It feeds mainly on mollusks such as clams, steadying them with its legs and then, using its pincers, either prising the valves apart or breaking them.
Aniculus retipes is een tienpotigensoort uit de familie van de Diogenidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1982 door Lewinsohn.
Porcelain crabs are filter feeders. They have feather-like mouthpart appendages and eats planktonic food.
The Sponge porcelain crab Aliaporcellana spongicola shelter in groove of the large Barrel sponge Xestospongia testudinaria. This crab is commonly known as The Barrel sponge porcelain crab.
Actaea is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae
Achaeus japonicus, sometimes known as the orang-utan crab, is a crab of the family Inachidae (spider crabs or decorator crabs) which can be observed in tropical waters of the central Indo-Pacific.
With a carapace of only about 2 centimetres or 0.8 inches in diameter, it has relatively long arms, which are thickly covered with fine hairs, red or reddish brown in colour, and often laden with small bits of debris for further camouflage. It is frequently, but not always, found in association with the bubble coral Plerogyra sinuosa.