Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=BrachyuraSuperfamily=CalappoideaFamily=Matutidae ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.com Genus=Matuta?Common name=Moon crab
Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=BrachyuraSuperfamily=CalappoideaFamily=Matutidae ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.com Genus=Matuta?Common name=Moon crab
These crabs cultivate sponges and sometime anemones on their shells. They seem to know that these sessile invertebrates have protective qualities; toxins or stinging tentacles
Report on the zoological collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Alert' 1881-2.London :Printed by order of the Trustees,1884. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12067718