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Image of Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet 1842
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Domecia hispida Eydoux & Souleyet 1842

Biology

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"My specimens agree with the figures and descriptions of B. hispida, but have no hairs on the carapace.

This is a true coral crab, like Trapezia and Melia, and lives among the branches of living corals. It was taken on the reef at Goidu, Goifurfehendu Atoll, and seen also in Minikoi."

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author
Pierce, John