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Crustaceans

Smalldot Anemone Crab

Neopetrolisthes maculatus

Also known as: Anemone Crab, Anomura Crab, Carpet Crab, Dotted Anemone Crab, False Crab, Oshima's Porcelain Crab, Porcelain Anemone Crab, Porcelain Crab, Red-spotted Porcelain Crab, Spotted Anemone Crab, Spotted Porcelain Crab, Spotted Porcellanid Crab, White Anemone Crab

Adult
@fishx6 · Lembeh Resort, Indonesia · August 20081 / 28
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Overview

Found living commensally, in the stinging tentacles of sea anemones, which protects them against predators, over shallow waters, of coral and rocky reefs.

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.

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Exact location · 1
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Found living commensally, in the stinging tentacles of sea anemones, which protects them against predators, over shallow waters, of coral and rocky reefs.

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Adult photos 28

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumArthropoda
    3. classMalacostraca
    4. orderDecapoda
    5. familyPorcellanidae
    6. genusNeopetrolisthes
    7. speciesNeopetrolisthes maculatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

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    More in the family

    Crabs (Porcellanidae)