Florent's Guide To The Hawaiian, South Pacific and

Indo-Pacific Reefs

White-V Hydroid Crab
Hyastenus borradailei
White-V Hydroid Crab
Category: Imitator Crabs
Scientific Name: Hyastenus borradailei
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Majoidea (Superfamily)
         └Epialtidae (Family)
          └Pisinae (Subfamily)
           └Hyastenus (Genus)
            └H. borradailei (Species)
WoRMS ID: 210267🔗
iNaturalist ID: 503289🔗

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