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)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Leucosioidea (Superfamily)
         └Leucosiidae (Family)
          └Leucosia (Genus)
           └L. anatum (Species)

Crustaceans
Purse Crabs

Four Ring Purse Crab

Olive Purse Crab



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