Lauridromia intermedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Dromiidae |
| Genus: | Lauridromia |
| Species: | L. intermedia
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| Binomial name | |
| Lauridromia intermedia (Laurie, 1906)[1]
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Lauridromia intermedia is a species of crab in the family Dromiidae and is native to the western Indo-Pacific. It often carries a piece of sponge on its back by way of camouflage, and one individual was found carrying a sea anemone in a similar manner.
Description
Lauridromia intermedia is a small crab with a maximum
Distribution
Lauridromia intermedia is found in shallow water in the western Indo-Pacific. Its range includes the East African coast,[3] Madagascar, the Seychelles,[1] Australia, New Caledonia, the Philippines, Japan and Taiwan. Its depth range is 7 to 150 m (23 to 492 ft) but it is seldom found deeper than 40 m (131 ft).[2]
Ecology
Crabs in the family Dromiidae are often known as "sponge crabs" due to their habit of carrying bits of sponge on their carapace, clipping them to size and shape.[4] Sometimes instead they carry colonial ascidians and occasionally other objects. Lauridromia intermedia usually carries a piece of sponge, holding it in place with the claw-like spines on the end of its fourth and fifth pairs of legs.[3]
After a scientific
References
- ^ a b c Peter Davie (2013). "Lauridromia intermedia (Laurie, 1906)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ a b Chan, Tin-Yam. "Lauridromia intermedia (Laurie, 1906)". Biota Taiwanica. Archived from the original on June 21, 2015. Retrieved February 6, 2014.
- ^ ISSN 0024-0672.
- ^ "Sponge crab: Family Dromiidae". Wild factsheets. WildSingapore. Retrieved 2014-02-09.