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Created 3/31/2013

Family Portunidae

HAWAII

Laleonectes nipponensis

Lana'i Lookout, Oahu, 20 feet

JAPANESE SWIMMING CRAB

Uncommon in caverns where it emerges at night.  Attains carapace width of 2.5 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.