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is found in shallow water in the western Indo-Pacific. Its range includes the East
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width of 60 mm (2.4 in) for males and 50 mm (2.0 in) for females. The carapace is covered in short hair and there are shaggy bristles round the margins. It is nearly circular in shape and the
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was brought to the surface carrying a specimen of the sea anemone
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bearing a number of tubercles. The second and third
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462:"Sponge crab: Family Dromiidae"
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599:Paleobiology Database
317:as a defence against
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272:Crabs in the family
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315:nematocysts
224:Description
218:sea anemone
130:Lauridromia
99:Pleocyemata
647:Categories
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325:References
311:camouflage
214:camouflage
95:Suborder:
69:Arthropoda
653:Dromiacea
512:Q13386137
448:0024-0672
319:predators
285:ascidians
274:Dromiidae
242:chelipeds
210:Dromiidae
137:Species:
119:Dromiidae
109:Brachyura
55:Kingdom:
49:Eukaryota
565:11119857
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282:colonial
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233:carapace
174:Synonyms
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89:Decapoda
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59:Animalia
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625:WoRMS
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296:trawl
200:is a
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246:legs
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