Harlequin Swimming Crab

Lissocarcinus laevis

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Max Size

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Max Weight

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Max Depth

80 m

Description

Its colour pattern varies from white to brown and red. Its spine is weak and it lives symbiotically in tube anemones. Found with sea anemones and tube anemones over coral and rocky reefs. They feed on plankton. Size - 4 cm Depth - 5-80m Widespread Indo-Pacific Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric.Mating beh... Read more in Seabook

Locations

Sri Lanka Maldives Seychelles Indo-Pacific Papua New Guinea +32 more in Seabook

Colors

white

brown

Social Behaviour

Association

Habitat and Environment

Mud and Sand