Florent's Guide To The

Hawaiian Reefs

Red Swimming Crab - Gonioinfradens paucidentatus

Red Swimming Crab

Hawaiian Swimming Crab - Goniosupradens hawaiensis

Hawaiian Swimming Crab

Sea Cucumber Swimming Crab - Lissocarcinus orbicularis

Sea Cucumber Swimming Crab

Giant Box Crab - Calappa calappa

Rough Box Crab - Calappa gallus

Splendid Pebble Crab - Etisus splendidus

Splendid Pebble Crab

Pretty Reef Round Crab - Lophozozymus pulchellus

Pretty Reef Round Crab

Convex Crab - Carpilius convexus

Spotted Reef Crab - Carpilius maculatus

Spotted Reef Crab

Green Flat Rock Crab - Percnon abbreviatum

Green Flat Rock Crab

Blue-Eyed Rock Crab - Percnon affine

Blue-Eyed Rock Crab

Two Tooth Guard Crab - Trapezia bidentata

Two Tooth Guard Crab

Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab - Trapezia flavopunctata

Yellow-Spotted Guard Crab

Red-Spotted Guard Crab - Trapezia tigrina

Red-Spotted Guard Crab

Left-Handed Hermits

Hopper's Hermit Crab - Aniculus hopperae

Hopper's Hermit Crab

Hawaiian Elegant Hermit Crab - Calcinus c.f. elegans

Hawaiian Elegant Hermit Crab

Haig's Hermit Crab - Calcinus haigae

Haig's Hermit Crab

Laurent's Hermit Crab - Calcinus laurentae

Laurent's Hermit Crab

Whitebanded Hermit Crab - Calcinus seurati

Whitebanded Hermit Crab

Halloween Hermit Crab - Ciliopagurus strigatus

Halloween Hermit Crab

White-Spotted Hermit Crab - Dardanus megistos

White-Spotted Hermit Crab

Jeweled Anemone Hermit Crab - Dardanus pedunculatus

Jeweled Anemone Hermit Crab

Dardanus sanguinolentus - Dardanus sanguinolentus

Dardanus sanguinolentus

Sessile Barnacles -

Sessile Barnacles

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