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Wire Coral Crab

Xenocarcinus tuberculatus

Seabook: Wire Coral Crab

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Max Weight

Max Depth

50 m

Description

Description The carapace of X. tuberculatus is smooth with tubercles that resemble the polips from the soft corals. It is mostly white with patterns of orange and brown. Its colour depends on the colour of its host. It tends to stay on the same whip coral for a longer period of time. No evident sexual dimorphis... Read more in Seabook

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Colors

white
black
brown
yellow
orange
red

Habitat and Environment

Coral reef

Social Behaviour

Association