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Created 2/14/2015

Family Xanthidae

HAWAII

Etisus demani



Moku o Loe, Oahu, 2 feet

PALE PEBBLE CRAB

Uncommon under dead coral or rubble.  Tan overall sometimes with reddish brown blotches or bands, claws with paddle-shaped tips, sometimes dark.  Carapace width attains 1 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.