🦀 Depressed Spider Crab Xenocarcinus depressus
Rare • Camouflaged • Collector’s Invertebrate
 
📋 The Depressed Spider Crab is a small, cryptic crustacean famous for its elongated spidery legs and habit of camouflaging itself among corals. Its flattened body allows it to blend seamlessly with branching soft corals, making it one of the ocean’s best natural hiders.
In aquariums, it is peaceful and generally keeps to itself, but may irritate corals as it uses them for cover. Best suited for specialist aquarists with established reef systems, it thrives when given plenty of live rock and coral structures.
This species is a rare and unusual find, prized by collectors looking to add a truly unique invertebrate to their reef display.
 
💡 Highlights
🕷️ Spidery Appearance – Thin legs and flattened body
🌿 Masters of Camouflage – Blends into coral branches
🪸 Semi-Reef Safe – May irritate soft corals
🧠 Rare & Unusual – Sought-after collector’s invertebrate
🌊 Peaceful & Cryptic – Stays hidden most of the time