Sealife guideThe mosaic boxer crabLybia tessellata
Last updated on 08/12/2026 at 10:34 PM
Taxonomy
English names
Mosaic boxer crab
French namesCrabe boxeur à mosaïque
Scientific nameLybia tessellata (Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
FamilyXanthidae
OrderDecapoda
ClassMalacostraca
The mosaic boxer crab (Lybia tessellata) © Rickard Zerpe sous licence Creative Commons
The mosaic boxer crab (Lybia tessellata) © Silke Baron sous licence Creative Commons
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