Florent's Guide To The

Tropical Pacific Reefs

Wire Coral Crab
Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Wire Coral Crab
Category: Imitator Crabs
Scientific Name: Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Size: Up to 0.75 in. (2 cm)  
Depth: 30-200 ft. (10-60 m)
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific
Arthropoda (Phylum)
└Crustacea (Subphylum)
 └Malacostraca (Class)
  └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
   └Decapoda (Order)
    └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
     └Brachyura (Infraorder)
      └Epialtidae (Family)
       └Epialtinae (Subfamily)
        └Xenocarcinus (Genus)

Crustaceans
Imitator Crabs

Wire Coral Crab

Soft Coral Crab

White-V Hydroid Crab

Arrowhead Crab

Depressed Spider Crab



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