Английская Википедия:Guinusia chabrus

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The red rock crab, Guinusia chabrus, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Plagusiidae.[1] It is found in the southern Indian and southern Pacific Oceans, including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Chile.[2]

Description

A sturdy square bodied crab with a smooth dark red-brown carapace and yellow longitudinal ridges on the legs, yellow knobs on the pincers. There may be four white spots on the carapace in a roughly semicircular pattern.[3]

Distribution

Southern Africa: Luderitz to Sodwana Bay, Subtidal to at least 100m.[3]

Ecology

Common on reefs. Often seen in crevices or hiding under other benthic organisms. Scavenger.[3]

With Haliotis midae it makes up the favoured diet of Octopus vulgaris in False Bay, South Africa.[4]

References

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  3. 3,0 3,1 3,2 Jones, Georgina. A field guide to the marine animals of the Cape Peninsula. SURG, Cape Town, 2008. It is also found in the intertidal zone, such as a rocky shore environment in New Zealand and Australia Шаблон:ISBN
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