species: Tetralia glaberrima in Green Island (Gaia Guide)
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Tetralia glaberrima


©Biocode MINV Team: Tetralia glaberrima

©David Witherall and Masa Nakayama: Tetralia glaberrima

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Tetraliidae
Genus Tetralia
Species Tetralia glaberrima

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Interesting facts

  • These crabs not only defend coral from butterflyfish and tube snails, in the heat of battle, driven by the passion to protect their home, they can actually cut off the spine of the monstrous Crown of Thorns Starfish.

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