Red and White-spotted Reef Crab

Lophozozymus erinnyes

Features

Large; bright red, covered in white spots and short, thick, irregular lines. To 100 mm across.

Notes

Common, hides in cavities in dead coral or mussel clumps, intertidal zone down to about 30 m depth. Known only from northern Australia south to Moreton Bay.

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