
Spider Crab - Xenocarcinus conicus
This Spider Crab - Xenocarcinus conicus cane be variable in colour, depending on the host corals they lives in.
In this picture, it is brownish green with light/white band on the centre of its carapace. They can also be red colour if the host corals are red. This gives them near perfect camouflage and mimicry.
Similar species: Decapods
By Albert Kang
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Uploaded Dec 6, 2016. Captured Mar 29, 2016 09:40 in Unnamed Road, Tingloy, Batangas, Philippines.