Zebrida adamsii

Zebrida adamsii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Pilumnoidea
Family: Pilumnidae
Subfamily: Eumedoninae
Genus: Zebrida
Species:
Z. adamsii
Binomial name
Zebrida adamsii
White, 1847
Synonyms
  • Acanthonyx zebrida Wood, 1867
  • Zebrida paucidentata Flipse, 1930

Zebrida adamsii is a distinctively striped species of crab that lives in association with a sea urchin in the Indo-Pacific region. It is cryptically coloured with vertical stripes and has special adaptations to its legs to enable it to cling to its host's spines.