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Family Majidae

Achaeus japonicus

Haan, 1839

Orang-utang Crab

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Indonesia to Japan.

Size: 0.5 inch (1.5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reefs and lives in association with bubble coral (Plerogyra sinuosa).

Aquarium Suitability: Lives in association with Plerogyra sinuosa (Bubble Coral).

Not purposely collected for the aquarium trade but may arrive in a coral specimen.

No special care would be needed.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Arthropoda

    Class: Malacostraca

    Subclass: Eumalacostraca

    Order: Decapoda

    Superfamily: Majoidea

    Family: Majidae

    Genus: Achaeus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Achaeus japonicus (Orang-utang Crab)
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