Yellow Dot Guard Crab (Trapezia lutea)

Monument, Lembeh.
This crabs protect the coral, they will pinch an ass off whoever dares to get too close to the coral crevices! :-)

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Speaking from experience ;) Posted 7 years ago
1. Patomarazul
  
  Lion
  
  haha! not in my case, I don't touch the coral but any fishes or other critters coming nearby are probably knowing what I mean :-) Posted 7 years ago

The Yellow Dot Guard Crab

Description of holotype: Carapace smooth, shiny, and slightly convex dorsally. Antero-lateral borders of carapace slightly curved. Epibranchial teeth acute and directed upwards. Postorbital angles obtuse. Inner suborbital teeth subacute.
Frontal border wide, arched, and clearly cut into two rounded supraorbital angles and four rounded lobes. Median lobes with several small to microscopic teeth.
Incomplete suture between second and third thoracic sternites (sternal suture 2/3), conspicuous.. more

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Similar species: Decapods

Species identified by Patomarazul