Soft coral crab
Scientific name : Liomera sp.
Small xantidae with rounded, hairy carapace. Pink colour, 1 cm.
Colour and rounded shape make it impossible to confound. We can find in association with the same host Hoplophrys oatesii, the latter with a typical spiny carapace.
Associated organisms With the soft coral Dendronephthya sp.
Habitat:
Reef external slope
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