Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Xanthidae
Genus
Cymo
Species
Cymo melanodactylus
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Size data has not been obtained.
Synonyms
Interesting facts
- According to F. Joseph Pollock in February 2012, these crabs help to protect their sheltering corals from disease, rather than spreading disease as was thought originally. Reference to come.
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
- Patton, W.K. (1994). Distribution and ecology of animals associated with branching corals (Acropora sp(p).) from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Bulletin of Marine Science, 55(1): 193-211. LIRS catalog number 400.
- Pollock, F.J. (2014). Understanding the drivers of white syndrome coral diseases on Indo-Pacific Reefs. PhD thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1974.
- Pollock, F.J., S.M. Katz, D.G. Bourne and B.L. Willis (2012). Cymo melanodactylus crabs slow progression of white syndrome lesions on corals. Coral Reefs, doi: 10.1007/s00338-012-0978-9. LIRS catalog number 1546.
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