Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Four Ring Purse Crab
Leucosia anatum
Four Ring Purse Crab
Also known as: Pebble Crab
Category: Purse Crabs
Scientific Name: Leucosia anatum
Size: Up to 1 in. (2.5 cm)  
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Leucosiidae (Family)
       └Leucosia (Genus)

Crustaceans
Purse Crabs

Four Ring Purse Crab

Olive Purse Crab



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