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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