Soft Coral Crab

Xenocarcinus conicus

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Epialtidae

Hoplophrys is a monotypic genus of crab in the family Epialtidae. It contains the single species Hoplophrys oatesii, also known as the candy crab, Oates's soft coral crab, commensal soft coral crab and Dendronephthya crab. Description Hoplophrys oatesii is a very colourful crab that grows from 1.

Distribution

Soft Coral Crab — (c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC-BY-SA DescriptionHoplophrys, Wikipedia contributors

Soft Coral Crab

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