Achaeus sp.

Spider Decorator Crab

Range: Indo-West Pacific Ocean: Red Sea to Philippines.

Size: 2 inches (5 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabits sandy and rubble bottom areas in coastal reefs.

Aquarium Suitability: A bottom dwelling crab that fees on detritus, algae and hydroids.

Not collected for the aquarium trade.

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Class: Malacostraca

Subclass: Eumalacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Superfamily: Majoidea

Family: Majidae

Genus: Achaeus

FYI: Shown here for identification only.