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Xenocarcinus conicus
Small Crab, around 2 cm in size. Colour is mostly red with white band on the carapace and legs. It mimics perfectly the Gorgonian host coral that it lives in, taking on the same colour and the white bands are similar to the tubercles of the Gorgonian fan when they are feeding.
Lives exclusively on the Gorgonial fan coral, which it camouflages very well to
Spotted on Oct 25, 2015
Submitted on Nov 3, 2015
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