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Soft Coral Crab

Quadrella coronata

Photo by AlbertKang
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Small crab, with carapace size around 1.5 cm, almost whitish yellow in colour. Seen during night dive when its perching at the top of a branch of the soft coral feeding.

Habitat:

Found this on the a soft coral at around 16 meters depth during a night dive.

Notes:

This is the second crab from the genus Quadrella posted at PN.
New Organism to Project Noah.

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Comments (2)
ChunXingWong
Great spotting, Albert! I like the pose of the crab.

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PublishedMay 19, 2016

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