Marine Invertebrates of Hawai'i
Phylum Arthropoda -- crabs, shrimp, lobsters
| Carpilus maculatus - 7-11 crab . |
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| Description: large, oval crab with large claws and numerous dark
red spots |
| Size: up to 15 cm length |
| Habitat: wedged in cracks on hard substrates |
| hermit crabs |
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| Description: small crabs living inside of snail shells. |
| Size: up to 9 cm length |
| Habitat: on sand and in holes in the reef |
| Panulirus marginatus - spiny lobster |
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| Description: claw-less, mottled lobster with large antennae |
| Size: up to 40 cm length |
| Habitat: under ledges and in caves |
| Paribaccus antarcticus - brown slipper lobster |
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| Description: mottled, dorso-ventrally flattened lobster with large
anterior lobed antennae |
| Size: up to 20 cm length |
| Habitat: under ledges and in caves on shallow reef flats |
| Podophthalmus sp. - swimming crab |
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| Description: crab with sharp claws and flattened rear legs for
swimming; eyes on long eye stalks; sharp lateral spines on the carapace |
| Size: up to 12 cm length. |
| Habitat: buried in sand in shallow bays |
| Stenopus hispidus - barber pole shrimp |
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| Description: red and white banded legs |
| Size: up to 5 cm length |
| Habitat: often founds in pairs, in holes and cracks on coral reefs |
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