Strawberry crab

Not to be confused with the strawberry hermit crab, Coenobita perlatus.

Strawberry crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Xanthidae
Genus:	Neoliomera
Species:	N. pubescens
Binomial name
Neoliomera pubescens (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)

The strawberry crab, Hawaiian strawberry crab or red boxing crab, Neoliomera pubescens, is a small, bright pink crab found in the Indo-Pacific region, including around Hawaii,^[1] French Polynesia^[2] and Mauritius.^[3] It has small white bumps on the main shell and whitish claws. Adults reach about 5 centimetres (2 in) across.

References

1. ^ L. G. Eldredge & R. C. DeFelice. "Infraorder Brachyura, Hawaii checklist". Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/invert/brachyura.htm. Retrieved 21 June 2006. 
2. ^ J. Poupin. "Database of Crustacea (Decapoda, Stomatopoda)". http://decapoda.ecole-navale.fr/fiche.php?sp=322. Retrieved 21 June 2006. 
3. ^ "MASDEA: Marine Species database for Eastern Africa". Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee. http://www.vliz.be/cgi-bin/masd2web.exe?action=tWalk&tRank=Species&tFam=Xanthidae&genus=Neoliomera&species=pubescens. Retrieved 21 June 2006. 

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