Rafting Crabs (genus: Plagusia) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
Plagusia
Rafting Crabs


©David: Rafting Crab (Plagusia)
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Family Plagusiidae
Genus Plagusia

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Interesting facts

  • This crab will attach to whatever is passing by, a fallen tree, a bit of debris, a snorkeler's leg. They are sometimes found on the backs of turtles where they scavenge for parasites and then catch scraps of food that break away as the turtle eats the algae at the bottom ...and then they move on, a drifter, a hobo, a hitchhiker.

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