Description

Also known as Anomura Crab, Painted Porcelain Crab, Porcelain Crab, Sea Cucumber Crab, Sea Cucumber Porcelain Crab, Sea Pen Crab, Sea Pen Porcelain Crab, Soft Coral Porcelain Crab.

Found singly, pairs, or in a consortium, living commensally with sea pens and sea cucumbers, over coral and rocky reefs.
They feed nocturnally, by spreading their arms to collect their prey of zooplankton.
Length - 2cm
Depth - 1-45m
Widespread Indo-West Pacific

Anomura crabs are considered false crabs, they have a longer abdomen and the back legs are modified or reduced so hardly noticeable.
These crabs include the hermit crabs and squat lobsters.
Many thousands of species live worldwide in sea water, fresh water and on land. Ref: x