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)
 └Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  └Malacostraca (Class)
   └Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
    └Eucarida (Superorder)
     └Decapoda (Order)
      └Pleocyemata (Suborder)
       └Brachyura (Infraorder)
        └Majoidea (Superfamily)
         └Epialtidae (Family)
          └Epialtinae (Subfamily)
           └Xenocarcinus (Genus)
            └X. tuberculatus (Species)

Crustaceans
Imitator Crabs

Wire Coral Crab

Soft Coral Crab

White-V Hydroid Crab

Arrowhead Crab

Depressed Spider Crab



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