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Updated 7/12/2014

Family Xanthidae

HAWAII

Tweedieia laysani

Horseshoe Reef, Oahu

Pupukea, Oahu

LAYSAN CRAB

Uncommon under dead coral or rubble.  Carapace with large tubercles, color variable, walking legs densely covered with yellow hairs.  Carapace width attains 1 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.