Crowned Elbow Crab

Rhinolambrus turriger

Carapace to 3 cm. Somewhat rounded gray to brown carapace with several large pointed tubercles. Pair of long thin spines on rear margin. Long broad rostrum. Long slender arms and pincers with numerous tubercles.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific to N. E. Australia.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassMalacostraca
OrderDecapoda
FamilyParthenopidae
GenusRhinolambrus
SpeciesRhinolambrus turriger
Photographed in
Indonesia