11/01/2019
๐๐ฆ One of the Critters that really has a suiting name is the Candy Crab (Or if you want to use the more boring names you can also call it Soft Coral Crab or Holophrys oatesii) โฆ it really looks like a colourful piece of Candy. These Crabs grow to about 2 cm in size but also can be as small as just a few milimeters. They live exclusively in Dendronephthya Softcorals โ and they match them in colour and shape. Therefor they can be โ just as their host โ found in Purple, Red, Pink, Yellow or White. Its thorn like extensions on legs and body mimic the polyps of the soft coral. Most of the time the Candy Crab lives hidden in between the branches of the soft coral ๐๐
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