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can reach a length of 6–8 centimetres (2.4–3.1 in). The color varies from bright red to bright orange. The eyestalks are robust, not very long, dilated at the tip and alternately streaked with red and white. The eyes are bluish. Claws show hair-like spines and warty tubercles. The left claw is
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This species inhabits continental shelf and slope. It usually lives on sandy substrate, on coastal detritic bottoms and on bathyal muds, from a few meters up to depths of 750 metres (2,460 ft).
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This species breed between July and August. These crabs show the striking behavior of living within empty shells of conches (usually shells of
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