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Created 2/23/2023

Family Xanthidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Paractaea sp.

Kuki'o, Hawaii, 2 feet

GRANULATED XANTHID CRAB

Found under rocks along the shoreline.  Carapace width of 0.5 inch.  One of three members of the genus in Hawaii and presumably distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific.