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Crustaceans

Redeye Sponge Crab

Dromia erythropus

Also known as: Sponge Crab, True Crab

Adult
@JarJar · Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic · February 20091 / 1
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Overview

Found with a sponge cap on their heads, that they have cut and shaped to fit, usually stationary during the day, under their caps, out at night foraging for food, over coral and rocky reefs.

Brachyura crabs are considered true crabs, they have a short abdomen, 4 walking legs and a pair of clawed arms at the front.
Many thousands of species live worldwide in sea water, fresh water and on land.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Western Atlantic, Caribbean
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Found with a sponge cap on their heads, that they have cut and shaped to fit, usually stationary during the day, under their caps, out at night foraging for food, over coral and rocky reefs.

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Taxonomy

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderDecapoda
  5. familyDromiidae
  6. genusDromia
  7. speciesDromia erythropus (Edwards <i>in</i> Catesby & Edwards, 1771)

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More in the family

Decapoda