Likely Reef Tank Suitable
Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable
Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to Australia.
Size: 1 inch (2.5 cm)
Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reefs and is seen in association with sea anemones.
Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the trade.
Taxonomy:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Superfamily: Portunoidea
Family: Portunidae
Genus: Lissocarcinus
FYI: A small crab that lives at the base of sea anemones.
Rarely seen in the wild.
Shown here for identification only.