Polydectus

Polydectus cupulifer is a species of crab in the family Xanthidae, and the only species in the genus Polydectus.^[2] Together with the genus Lybia, it forms the subfamily Polydectinae.^[3] It is found in the Indo-Pacific, ranging from Madagascar and the Red Sea in the west to Japan, Hawaii and French Polynesia in the east.^[4] P. cupulifer is densely covered with setae (bristles), and frequently carries a sea anemone in each chela (claw).^[5]

Polydectus
A drawing of Pilumnus cupulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Xanthidae
Genus:	Polydectus
Species:	P. cupulifer
Binomial name
Polydectus cupulifer (Latreille in Milbert, 1812)
Synonyms[1]
Cancer cupulifer Latreille in Milbert, 1812 Polydectus villosus Dana, 1852