True Crabs

Pilodius nigrocrinitus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 0–20 m

A small mud crab of warm shallow rock, it lives from the intertidal zone down to about 20 metres. Like others of its kind it hunts and scavenges by night, tucked into crevices where its flattened body wedges out of reach.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Xanthidae › Pilodius

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 444101.