General Description

Carapace round and green-brown. Eyes small and close together. Up to 1 cm wide (carapace).

Biology

Hickman's Pea Crabs live like peas in a pod, inside the shells of bivalve molluscs, such as mussels. Males are smaller than the females.

Distribution

Southern Australia.

Habitat

Inside bivalve mollusc shells, to depth of 5 m.

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