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Some interesting
xanthid crabs not in Hawaii's
Sea Creatures
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Xanthias
sp.
family Xanthidae
John Earle
captured this crab on video at the Lanai Lookout, Oahu. Dr. Peter
Ng identified it as a species of the genus Xanthias. It's
color pattern resembles Lissocarcinus laevis, also known
from Hawaii.
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Gaillardiellus
superciliaris Odhner, 1925
family Xanthidae
Kewalo Park, O`ahu. 2 ft.
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Actaea
sp.
family Xanthidae
Photo by Tina Owens, Kona, Hawai`i
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Tweedieia
laysani (Rathbun, 1906)
family Xanthidae
Photos: (top) Tina Owens, Kona, Hawai`i.
(bottom) Kelli Shaw. Crab found at base of Pocillopora exydouxi,
"Horsehoe Reef" (next to the Kewalo Pipe), O`ahu. 45 ft.
at night.
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unidentified
xanthid
Photo by Tina Owens, Kona, Hawai`i
According to Dr. Peter Ng this could be a species of Etisus,
if from a coral reef. Or if from a rocky shore it might be Leptodius.
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Chlorodiella
laevissima (Dana, 1852)
family Xanthidae
O`ahu. collected by Darrell Takaoka |
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Paramedaeus
sp
family
Xanthidae.
(possibly
P. octogesimus Ng and Clark, 2002)
Photo by Tina Owens, Kona, Hawai`
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