strawberry crab

Eurynome aspera

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Majidae

The strawberry crab (Neoliomera pubescens), also known as the Hawaiian strawberry crab or the red boxing crab, is a small, bright pink crab found in the Indo-Pacific region, including around Hawaii, French Polynesia, and Mauritius. It has small white bumps on the main shell and whitish claws. Adults reach about 5 centimetres (2 in) across.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 3United Kingdom · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Noémy MOLLARET, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionStrawberry crab, Wikipedia contributors

strawberry crab

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