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Harlequin Swimming Crab

Lissocarcinus laevis

Seabook: Harlequin Swimming Crab

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Max Weight

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

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Colors

white
brown

Social Behaviour

Association

Habitat and Environment

Mud and Sand