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Cryptodromia fallax (Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
Cryptodromia fallax has the first two pairs of legs modified to carry objects on its back, usually sponges. The crab's camouflage is do good that it is almost impossible to spot unless it moves.
Synonyms:
Cryptodromia canaliculata Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromia canaliculata var. obtusifrons Ihle, 1913
Cryptodromia canaliculata var. sibogae Ihle, 1913
Cryptodromia hirsuta Borradaile, 1903
Cryptodromia oktahedros Stebbing, 1923
Cryptodromia tomentosa (Heller, 1861) (junior synonym)
Dromia fallax Latreille in Milbert, 1812
Dromia tomentosa Heller, 1861
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Podotremata (Section) > Dromioidea (Superfamily) > Dromiidae (Family) > Dromiinae (Subfamily) > Cryptodromia (Genus) > Cryptodromia fallax (Species)
Cryptodromia fallax has the first two pairs of legs modified to carry objects on its back, usually sponges. The crab's camouflage is do good that it is almost impossible to spot unless it moves.
Synonyms:
Cryptodromia canaliculata Stimpson, 1858
Cryptodromia canaliculata var. obtusifrons Ihle, 1913
Cryptodromia canaliculata var. sibogae Ihle, 1913
Cryptodromia hirsuta Borradaile, 1903
Cryptodromia oktahedros Stebbing, 1923
Cryptodromia tomentosa (Heller, 1861) (junior synonym)
Dromia fallax Latreille in Milbert, 1812
Dromia tomentosa Heller, 1861
Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Multicrustacea (Superclass) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Podotremata (Section) > Dromioidea (Superfamily) > Dromiidae (Family) > Dromiinae (Subfamily) > Cryptodromia (Genus) > Cryptodromia fallax (Species)