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Candy Crab - Hoplophrys oatesi Candy Crab -Hoplophrys oatesi is also known as Soft Coral Crabs as they are only found on the Soft Coral. They are known as Candy Crab because of their bright candy colours of yellow, pink and white. The bigger crabs will sometimes cut off parts of the soft corals and attached it to the back of their shells to make them camouflage better with their host. Anilao,Batangas,Candy Crab,Crab,Geotagged,Hoplophrys oatesi,Philippines,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Candy Crab - Hoplophrys oatesi

Candy Crab -Hoplophrys oatesi is also known as Soft Coral Crabs as they are only found on the Soft Coral. They are known as Candy Crab because of their bright candy colours of yellow, pink and white. The bigger crabs will sometimes cut off parts of the soft corals and attached it to the back of their shells to make them camouflage better with their host.

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The Candy crab

''Hoplophrys'' is a monotypic genus of crab in the family Epialtidae. It contains the single species Hoplophrys oatesi, also known as the candy crab, Oates's soft coral crab, commensal soft coral crab and ''Dendronephthya'' crab.

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Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Albert Kang
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By Albert Kang

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Uploaded Aug 7, 2016. Captured Jul 14, 2016 09:42 in Mabini Circumferential Rd, Mabini, Batangas, Philippines.
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  • TG-4
  • f/6.3
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 18mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.