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Family Epialtidae

Xenocarcinus conicus

(Milne Edwards, 1934)

Conical Spider Crab

Likely Reef Tank Suitable

Likely Fish-Only Tank Suitable

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

Size: 0.5 inch (1.5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits coastal reefs and seen in association with black corals, gorgonians, and hydroids.

Aquarium Suitability: Lives in gorgonians, black corals, and hydroids.

Rarely seen in the wild and not collected for the aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Arthropoda

    Class: Malacostraca

    Subclass: Eumalacostraca

    Order: Decapoda

    Superfamily: Majoidea

    Family: Epialtidae

    Genus: Xenocarcinus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Xenocarcinus conicus (Conical Spider Crab)
Photo © Andrea & Antonella Ferrari
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