Unexpectedly discover the new unique hermit crab in South Africa

Scientists have discovered the only mysterious crab species in South Africa with a size of only 70 mm and a mottled orange color with white cream pigments.

It is known that this newly discovered crustacean is called Paragiopagurus atkinsonae, also known as the hermit crab.

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Among its distinctive features, the most obvious is that males grow larger and stronger than females.

Unlike some other shellfish species, this small crustacean does not use the shells of other molluscs to hide its vulnerable body, but it encapsulates in a soft, poly tumor. The form is made of sand and materials discharged from sea anemones living on the backs of this crab.

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Dr. Jannes Landschoff, a graduate student at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, said: " So when you arrest it, it's just organic material attached to sand if you don't pay close attention ."

Many new species were discovered in a three-week expedition in 2013 by the Department of Forestry and Fisheries and the South African Environmental Observation Network right in shallow waters (199 to 277 meters) off the coast. West South Africa.
Not only that, before that, the researchers had boarded a fishing boat and suddenly discovered an unusual blue eye crab in a net drawn from the sea.