CRYPTODOMIA SPONGE CRAB Cryptodomia sp.
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This tiny crab is concealed within the sponge it carries. The Body is semi-transparent. Much like the Hermit crab, it lives in a cavity created by the sponge as its host. It carries the sponge everywhere and uses it as protection. They are a shallow water species.
Frequency of sightings:
Ocasional during Night Dives
Best time of year:
All year round
Divesites seen at:
Air Prang, Jahir, Lembeh Resort House Reef, Magic Crack, Nudi Falls
Taxonomical order of this critter:
Invertebrate
Crustacean
Malacostraca
Crab
- Blue Swimming Crab
- Box Crab
- Boxer crab
- Candy crab
- Carry Crab
- Chirostylus Spider Crab
- Cryptodomia Sponge Crab
- Cyclocoeloma Decorator Crab
- Dormia Sponge Crab
- Halimeda crab
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