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Common name: None Functional type: Spearer Range: Andaman Sea to Papua New Guinea Habitat: Dark volcanic sands Depth: 1030 m Home: Large, u-shaped burrows Diet: Fish, shrimp, crabs Size: To at least 32 cm Color: Transverse reddish brown and cream stripes, antennal scales cream with reddish brown patches in center, setae on maxillipeds and walking legs orange, meral spot white, telson with dark brown median and submedian patches Distinguishing Characters: Bilobed eyes with white spots, raptorial appendage dactyl with 910 teeth, unusual reddish brown color Activity: Almost never leaves burrow, hunts day and night from burrow entrance, lives in monogamous pairs
Suitability for Aquarium: Highly specialized requirements; hardy Availability: Rare; typically only adult males are captured and sold Back to the Species Directory |