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Red Fingered Coral Crab

Tetralia rubridactyla

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Field Notes

Description:

Small crabs that live in and guard different branching hard corals. Usually this variety is less than one cm long. Difficult to photograph as they move around quickly

Habitat:

Branching hard corals. Tropical Reef. Spotted at Kerby's Rock, Anilao

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
andreweleighton
Thanks Albert. I have pictures of a few shrimp on the coral, but not of the Gobies yet. Seen them, but haven't been able to take a picture that isn't blurry. :)
AlbertKang
Yea, these Crabs are hard to get a good complete picture of them. Try to look for other Shrimps like Fingerprint Shimps, Imperial Coral Shrimp, Hairy Goby, Panda Goby that also lives among those branching Acropora corals too.

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Crustacea Filipiniana
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Philippine Wildlife
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Sea creatures of Anilao
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2015 Best Wildlife Photo
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PublishedNovember 13, 2015

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