| Lophozozymus pictor | |
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| A Lophozozymus pictor crab eating a clam | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Genus: | Lophozozymus |
| Species: | L. pictor |
| Binomial name | |
| Lophozozymus pictor (Fabricius, 1798) | |
Lophozozymus pictor, the mosaic reef crab is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae.
The word "pictor" in Latin means painter.
Its appearance is a body of 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in), somewhat fan-shaped and usually red to orange with strikingly mosaic-like patterns of large white spots. Its pincers are short, both about equal size, with black tips. It has walking legs that are hairy with pointed tips. [1]
Lophozozymus pictor is found in China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and French Polynesia. [2]
In the Philippines, this is known as Calintugas. It lives along the coral areas of Batangas, Mindoro, Sorsogon, Negros Oriental, and Samar. [3]
This is known to be one of the most poisonous crabs in the world. Its neurotoxin is not denatured by heat even when cooked. [4]
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