| Zosimus aeneus | |
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| Zosimus aeneus at Atauro | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Xanthidae |
| Subfamily: | Zosiminae |
| Genus: | Zosimus |
| Species: | Z. aeneus
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| Binomial name | |
| Zosimus aeneus | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Zosimus aeneus, also known as the devil crab, toxic reef crab, and devil reef crab is a species of crab that lives on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific from East Africa to Hawaii. It grows to a size of 60 mm × 90 mm (2.4 in × 3.5 in) and has distinctive patterns of brownish blotches on a paler background. It is potentially lethal due to the presence of the neurotoxins tetrodotoxin and saxitoxin in its flesh and shell.
- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Zosimus aeneus". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 2, 2011.