Coral Crab

         

Features: 1. Oval; spots. Brick-red, with large, scarlet to dark red spots and small, white or yellowish dots and irregular lines; pale yellow beneath; tips of pincers black; Carapace convex, smooth, oval, with 1 blunt spine at rear corners. Pincers heavy, smooth

Size: 6 inches wide; 3 1/2 inches long;
Depth: 0-30 feet;
Audubon Field Guide "Seashore Creatures; page 645; plate 648;
Reef Fish ID 3rd ed; page ; plates ;

This is the same Coral Crab. Photo by Rod (full size picture) taken at Key Largo Dry Rocks, Key Largo, FL 14 March 2009.
Video of Coral Crab 

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