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Animal realm > Invertebrates > Arthropods > Crustaceans > Malacostraca > Decapods > Crabs > Coral crabs > Sponge crab

Sponge crab

Scientific name : Xanthidae sp. 4


Very small crab, with rounded carapace, large claws, white colour. Obvious lateral spines. Carapace lenght 0.5 cm.

Associated organisms
With a sponge. Probably it lives inside the sponge during the day, coming out on the sponge surface only at night.


Habitat: Reef external slope

Distribution: North Sulawesi

Sheet author: MASSIMO BOYER
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