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Created 8/21/2015

Family Xanthidae

INDO-PACIFIC

Lybia tessellata

 

Indonesia

 

 

BOXER CRAB

Occasional under rocks in shallow water.  Holds the venomous anemone Triactis producta for defense.    Carapace width attains 1/2 inch.  Indo-Pacific, replaced in Hawaii by the endemic Lybia edmondsoni.