Photo Image Harlequin crab Lissocarcinus laevis

HARLEQUIN CRAB

Lissocarcinus laevis

This small species of swimmer crab lives commensally on tube anemones. Its colour pattern varies from white to brown and red. Its spine is weak and it lives symbiotically in tube anemones.
Frequency of sightings:
RARE
Best time of year:
All year round
Remarks:
up to 30 m depth, body size up to 4 cm.
Divesites seen at:
Goby A Crab, Hairball 1, Hairball 2, Hairball 3, Heynus, Jahir 2, Lembeh Resort House Reef, Nudi Falls, Pantai Parigi, Police Pier, Police Pier 2, Retak Larry (Larrys Crack), Serena West, Tanjung Kubur, TK2

Taxonomical order of this critter:
Invertebrate
Crustacean
Malacostraca
Crab
-	Black Coral Crab
-	Blue Swimming Crab
-	Candy crab
-	Carry Crab
-	Crowned coral crab
-	Cryptodomia Sponge Crab
-	Cyclocoeloma Decorator Crab
-	Dormia Sponge Crab
-	Halimeda crab
-	Harlequin crab
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