Plagusia depressa tuberculata

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iRed rock crab
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Grapsidae
Genus: Plagusia
Species: P. depressa
Subspecies: P. d. tuberculata
Trinomial name
Plagusia depressa tuberculata
(Lamarck, 1818)

Plagusia depressa tuberculata is a marine crab of the family Grapsidae. It is found in tropical Indo-Pacific oceans, specimens occasionally drifting as far south as New Zealand, and as far north as Japan, clinging to driftwood.

Plagusia depressa tuberculata is similar to Plagusia capense with its flat shape, and slightly convex back covered with flattened tubercles. Its colour is reddish with darker blood-red spots and speckles.

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