Tags: Crustacean.

Naxia tumida the little seaweed crab dresser crab or decorator crab is a small crab of the family Majidae (with a carapace up to 4 centimetres or 1.6 inches in diameter) that is common in rocky intertidal and subtidal areas on the temperate coasts of Australia including parts of Victoria New South Wales Tasmania and Western Australia. It is usually found covered in seaweed that acts as camouflage attached to the hooks on its shell.

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