Tags: Crustacean.
The hairy stone crab Lomis hirta is a crab-like crustacean that lives in the littoral zone of southern Australia from Bunbury Western Australia to the Bass Strait. It is the only species in its family. It is slow-moving and covered in brown hair which camouflages it against the rocks it lives upon.There has been some controversy about the relationship between Lomis hirta and the other anomuran families.
