Is Reef Decorator Crab dangerous?

Reef Decorator Crab has no known danger to humans. However, always observe marine life responsibly.

Where can you find Reef Decorator Crab?

Reef Decorator Crab can be found in: Japan, Tanzania, Malaysia East, Australia North, Saudi Arabia, Somalia North, Myanmar, Thailand West, Vanuatu, Red Sea, Indo-Pacific, China, Egypt East, Vietnam, Mariana Islands, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Maldives, Solomon Islands, Mascarene Islands, Oman, Seychelles, Thailand East, Egypt, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Indo-Pacific West, Indonesia, Pakistan, Singapore, Cambodia, Micronesia, Somalia East, India West, Australia East, Tonga and Samoa, Kiribati, Laccadive Islands, Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia West, Oman East, Chagos Islands, Philippines, Taiwan, Marshall Islands, Eritrea, Polynesia, India, Australia, Malaysia West, Japan South, India East, Chile, Israel South, Brunei, Israel, Comoros, New Caledonia, Malaysia, Palau, Kenya, Sudan, Madagascar, Yemen, Mozambique, Fiji, Easter Island, South Africa, Jordan, Somalia, Sri Lanka.

How deep does Reef Decorator Crab live?

Reef Decorator Crab can be found at depths of up to 50 meters.

Reef Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) — Habitat, Photos

Camposcia retusa is a species of marine crustacea in the family Inachidae. It is known for attaching living sponges and corals to itself, which camouflage it.

Description

Carapace pyriform, dorsally smooth; upper orbit with a postorbital spineagainst which the eyestalk retracts. Eyestalks long and curved. Distal margin of basal antennal article extending beyond anterior margin of eyestalk, green (antennal) gland distinct and more or less distant from junction of basal antennal article and epistome. Third maxilliped with merus narrower than ischium. Chelipeds shorter than any of the ambulatory legs, carpus about half as long as merus, palm only a little longer than carpus, fingers slender, slightly incurved. Joints of ambulatory legs cylindrical.

This crab has a shell size of 3 cm and with the legs it can reach 10 cm.

Distribution

The spider decorator crab is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-West Pacific area, including the Red Sea.

Range

Type locality: unknown. Range: Red Sea (Klunzinger, 1906); Gulf of Aqaba - Elat (Griffin & Tranter, 1974); Mozambique - Delagoa Bay (Barnard, 1950); South Africa - Durban (Stebbing, 1918); Madagascar - Nosy Bé (Griffin, 1974); Mauritius (Bouvier, 1915b, Michel, 1964, Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Pakistan - Karachi (Tirmizi & Kazmi, 1991); Sri Lanka (Alcock, 1895a); Chagos Archipelago; Andamans (Alcock, 1895a); Nicobar Islands (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); West Malay Peninsula - south-east corner Goh Similan Island (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Cocos Islands (Alcock, 1895a); Christmas Island (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Japan - Amami-Oshima (Stimpson, 1907), Shimoda (Sakai, 1935), Ajiro, Shimoda, Nanki Shirahama, Gobo and Nagasaki (Sakai, 1938a), Sagami Bay (Sakai, 1965b), Sagami Bay, Shimoda, Wagu, Kii Nagashima, Kushimoto, Kii Minabe, Hachijo-jima, Ogasawara-shoto, Amami-shoto, and Okinawa (Sakai, 1976a), Kushimoto (Miyake, 1983), Wagu, Kii Nagashima, Gobo, Kii Minabe, Nanki Shirahama, and Mimase, Tosa Bay (Muraoka, 1998); Taiwan; China - Paracel Island (Dai et al., 1978, Chen, 1980, Dai & Yang, 1991); Palau (Takeda, 1973d); Indonesia - Ambon (de Man, 1887d), Java Sea and Ambon (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Australia; Lord Howe Island (Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); Samoa (Alcock, 1895a, Griffin & Tranter, 1986a); 10-50 m.