Geosesarma dennerle, or the purple vampire crab, is a species of small land-living crab which is found on Java, Indonesia. Described by scientists in 2015, it is already popular in the aquarium trade, in which all species of Geosesarma crabs are often called vampire crabs. (xxxxx)
Special thanks to @roksyk for showing me this species!
this was a good crab until I saw the name and now it is a great crab
The wire coral crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus), also known as the xeno crab, is a species of crustacean endemic to the
Indo-West Pacific.
Xeno crabs grip tenaciously to whip corals with their long legs. A master of mimicking its host, the coloration of its body and appendages matches that of the coral. It can also induce the host’s polyps to “grow” from its carapace, thereby adding to its camouflage.
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