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Family Portunidae

Lissocarcinus laevis

Miers, 1886

Anemone Crab

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.

 Lissocarcinus laevis (Anemone Crab)
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