Carpilius convexus

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Category of Organisms	Marine Arthropods
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum/Division	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
Family	Carpiliidae
Genus	Carpilius
Species	convexus
Binomial Name	Carpilius convexus
Author	Forskal, 1775
Common Name	Convex reef crab, Kukuau Hawaiian
Local Name
Size Range	Up to 10cm
Environment/Habitat	Coastal and outer coral reefs from 2 to 20 meters deep
Importance/Value
Resilience
Endemic	No
Found in Marine Park	No
Found in Malaysia	Yes
Distribution
Morphology/Character	Large and very colourful, with smooth carapace and legs and a typical “orange peel” surface texture. Easily identified by the bright orange_red color and the single wine-red spot with two small dots inside. A strictly nocturnal and rather mobile species which commonly fedds on shelled mollusks.
Biology
Miscellaneaous
Status in IUCN Red List	Near Threathened (NT)
Status in CITES Species Database	Unknown
Researcher(s)
Reference(s)	Andrea and Antonella Ferrari, A diver’s guide to Reef Life,published by Nautilus Publishing Sdn. Bhd.
Other Link(s)	http://www.catalogueoflife.org http://www.nio.org/Biology/brachyuran/carpilius_convexus.html
Collection Record