Moon Crab, Diving Pattaya, Thailand

31, 7, 18 Moon crab (Ashtoret lunaris) or box crab at Koh Larn island. Box crab is commonly encountered sandy shores to a depth of 50m. It is usually nocturnal and spends the day buried in the substrate just below the surface creating breathing channels to the surface of the sand. They hunt small shellfish, worms and other animals during the night, they are known to take other crabs. When threatened A lunaris often draws its legs up under the overlapping edges of the carapace and appears to sham death, this may make it difficult for a predator to dismember the crab. ,PattayaDiversPattaya