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Coral Gall Crab

Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson 1859

Biology

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A species of symbiotic crab.

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Description

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Galls containing specimens of this crab were found on Pocillopora in the lagoon at Minikoi and on the reef at Hulule, Male Atoll.

(Borrodaile 1903)

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Distribution

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Tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958)

Barnard, K. H. (1955). Additions to the fauna-list of South African Crustacea and Pycnogonida. Annals of the South African Museum. 43: 1-107.

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