Blue-Eye Hermit Crab

Description:

The Caribbean Blue-eyed Hermit Crab has mottled red and white legs, bright red or orange eyestalks and antennae, and vivid blue eyes. Members of the order Decapoda are mostly gonochoric. Mating behavior: Precopulatory courtship ritual is common (through olfactory and tactile cues); usually indirect sperm transfer.

Habitat:

Seen in Oil Slick Leap, Bonaire.

Notes:

Photo by Mark Bockstael.