- Source: Lybia
Lybia is a genus of small crabs in the family Xanthidae. Their common names include boxer crabs, boxing crabs and pom-pom crabs. They are notable for their mutualism with sea anemones, which they hold in their claws for defense. In return, the anemones get carried around, which may enable them to capture more food particles with their tentacles. Boxer crabs use at least three species of anemones, including Bundeopsis spp. and Triactis producta. The bonding with the anemone is not needed for survival, however, and boxer crabs have frequently been known to live without them, sometimes substituting other organisms such as sponges and corals for the sea anemones.
The genus Lybia contains the following species:
Lybia australiensis (Ward, 1933)
Lybia caestifera (Alcock, 1898)
Lybia denticulata Nobili, 1906
Lybia edmondsoni Takeda & Miyake, 1970
Lybia leptochelis (Zehntner, 1894)
Lybia plumosa Barnard, 1947
Lybia pugil (Alcock, 1898)
Lybia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
See also
Crustaceans portal
References
External links
Media related to Lybia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Lybia at Wikispecies
Boxer Crab, Lybia tesselata. Aquarium World
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- APS-95
- Peradaban Lembah Sungai Nil
- Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque
- Pasukan Akhemeniyah
- Lybia
- Lybia tessellata
- Lybia edmondsoni
- Roman Libya
- Eueides lybia
- Flag of Libya
- National Emblem of Libya
- Italo-Turkish War
- Lybia australiensis
- History of the Jews in Libya
