Rhinolambrus pelagicus (Rüppell, 1830)
20mm

Rhinolambrus pelagicus is an elbow crab with long chelipeds. They live in and around lagoon patches of Halimeda algae, but are rarely seen at Kwajalein.

This one appears to be the same but its chelipeds appear to be shorter. Maybe a younger specimen?

Created 18 August 2021
Updated 19 September 2021

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