Lauriea siagiani

Baba, 1994

Hairy Squat Lobster

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines to Japan.

Size: 0.25 inch (.5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reefs and seen in association with sponges.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Subclass: Eumalacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Superfamily: Galatheoidea

Family: Galatheidae

Genus: Lauriea

FYI: A small lobster-like crab that usually inhabits sponges of the genus Xestospongia.

Shown here for identification only.