PLATYPODIA EYDOUXII

RED EYE CRAB

 

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Photo by Chela Zabin

 

 

Platypodia Eydouxii
Description Habitat Trophic Info
Safety Comments Links to Resources

Description: It has red eyes , shell is like an oval shape medium size claws, vary with color. Some of the colors are yellow, black , red, pinkish, and some are sandy color example would be pinkish, blackish, yellowish put together. So look very hard to find it!

Habitat: Found beneath rocks and in shallow reefs.
Range (include invasive, native, endemic): Don't have any information from book.

Trophic information: It eats dead animals, other crabs and some algea.

Safety: Tey to chatch it with a net , or if you don't have a net then if you pick it up then pick it up from the back.

   

WON'T KILL YOU OR PINCH OFF FINGER!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comments:

 YEAH HM......

   DON'T PROVOKE IT , IT WILL PINCH YOU!!!!

Links to Resources:

                     DON'T HAVE ANY!!!!!!!!!!!

 
 
     
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