Home > Invertebrates > Crabs > Hapalocarcinus marsupialis

Family Cryptochiridae

HAWAII

Hapalocarcinus marsupialis

Moku o Loe, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

CORAL GALL CRAB

Forms galls created in Lace coral.  Attains 1/2 inch, males are much smaller.  Hawaii, Indo-Pacific, & Tropical Eastern Pacific.