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Habitat Rocky shores. Also found in mangroves. Stands on rocky substrate. The Smooth Redeye Crab is a very shallow water species commonly seen on exposed intertidal reefs at low tide.
Sealifebase: Poisonous to eat !
Host/prey of Merocepon knudseni Danforth, 1970 accepted as Cancricepon knudseni (Danforth, 1970) Feedingtype: parasitic, Stage: adult
Host/prey of Sacculina pilosella Van Kampen & Boschma, 1925 Feedingtype: parasitic, Stage: adult (from synonymEriphia laevimana Guérin, 1832)
Host/prey of Sacculina rotundata Miers, 1880 Feedingtype: parasitic, Stage: adult (from synonymEriphia laevimana Guérin, 1832)
Synonymised names:
Cancer sebana Shaw & Nodder, 1803
Cancer tearlachi Curtiss, 1938
Eriphia fordii MacLeay, 1838
Eriphia laevimana Guérin, 1832
Eriphia sebana hawaiiensis Ward, 1939 (junior synonym)
Eriphia trapeziformis Hess, 1865 (junior synonym)
Gecarcinus anisocheles Latreille, 1818