species: Atergatis floridus in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)

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Atergatis floridus

©Anne Hoggett: Atergatis floridus from under intertidal rock slab at Mermaid Cove, Lizard Island.

©Anne Hoggett: Atergatis floridus on the intertidal reef flat south of South Island, Lizard Island Group.

Kingdom Animalia

Phylum Arthropoda

Class Malacostraca

Order Decapoda

Family Xanthidae

Genus Atergatis

Species Atergatis floridus

Colours

Carapace to about 3 cm wide, convex and smooth, dark brown/green with pale scribbled pattern resembling foam bubbles.