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Lybia edmondsoni (Hawaiian Pom-Pom Crab)
Scientific name: Lybia edmondsoni

Taxonomy: Kingdom Animalia → Phylum Arthropoda → Subphylum Crustacea → Superclass Multicrustacea → Class Malacostraca → Subclass Eumalacostraca → Superorder Eucarida → Order Decapoda → Suborder Pleocyemata → Infraorder Brachyura → Section Eubrachyura → Subsection Heterotremata → Superfamily Xanthoidea → Family Xanthidae → Family Polydectinae → Genus Lybia

Common name: Hawaiian Pom-Pom Crab
Locations: Hawaii
Group: Marine LifeInvertebratesCrabs

This small crab carries an anemone in each claw to use for defense and possibly hunting.

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Lybia edmondsoni (Hawaiian Pom-Pom Crab)
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