Corallimorph Decorator Crab (Cyclocoeloma tuberculata)

Monument, Lembeh -night dive.
Another coquette, C. tuberculata fixes sea anemones of the family Discosomatidae to its carapace, and soft corals of the family Xeniidae to its legs :-)

6Cyclocoeloma tuberculata

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Christine Young

Lion

I LOVE these! Posted 7 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks! In Lembeh there are so many types of decorator crabs! and is so difficult to spot them until they move, in some cases. Our guide would point at something and we were for a few seconds 'well, what am I looking at, where is the animal?' until you realize is one of these guys completely dressed in anemones, sea squirts and whatever else they can use to camouflage themselves :-D Posted 7 years ago