Sea Cucumber Crab

Lissocarcinus orbicularis

• Group: Crab
• Typical depth: 1–60 m

This small crab lives as a guest on sea cucumbers, an obligatory partnership tied to feeding among the reefs of shallow neritic waters. Carnivorous and often patterned to match its host, it rides the cucumber down to about sixty metres.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Portunidae › Lissocarcinus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 208767.