Pilumnus vespertilio

Pilumnus vespertilio

Pilumnus vespertilio, also known as bat hairy crab, is an animal belonging to the genus of hairy crabs in the family of hairy crabs. They mainly live in seawater, especially in the crevices of rocks along the coast or in shallow waters of coral reefs. It is distributed in Japan, Hawaii, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the east and south coast of Africa, as well as the Xisha Islands and Hainan Island in Chinese Mainland. The back of the body is densely covered with soil brown bristles of varying lengths, with longer bristles distributed along the edges of the head and chest armor and the surface of the feet.