Splendid Pebble Crab

Etisus splendidus

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Max Size

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

m

Description

Large species, the carapace is more than 1.5 times as broad as long, and its dorsal surface smooth, the regions being only indistinctly demarcated, but the groove separating 4L from 5L and also that on either side of 3M+4M are very deeply impressed. Frontal lobes are slanting i... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Seychelles Egypt East Laccadive Islands +41 more in Seabook

Colors

black

red

Habitat and Environment

Benthic

Coral reef

Rocks

Social Behaviour

Solitary