Could someone please indentify these clownfish and this crab (Zanzibar)

Posted by TheHuntingTurtle@reddit | marinebiology | View on Reddit | 8 comments

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SA_Underwater@reddit

These are Amphiprion allardi. A. clarkii isn't found in the Western Indian Ocean.

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Hizzeroo@reddit

I’m pretty sure that the crab is Calappa calappa, the Smooth Box Crab. If it’s not that species it’s definitely in the genus Calappa.

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TheHuntingTurtle@reddit (OP)

thank you! the shape of the hands definitely look like calappa genus yeah, here is an other POV, google is sadly not showing me any calappa with purple colouring like this one tho

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Hizzeroo@reddit

The color is variable within each species, but this could also be C hepatica, or C gallus. I believe there are only three Calappa sp. typically found around Zanzibar.

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stargatedalek2@reddit

Clarks Anemonefish is my guess, but there are a few similar looking ones it could be.

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