This species is part of a group known as decorator crabs which adorn their shells with sponges or anemones for camouflage. Juvenile Japanese spider crabs will do this, but with few predators at ...

Dr Uthicke said they knew of at least seven crab species that ate CoTS juveniles in the wild. "Schizophrys aspera, is a decorator crab, and that seems to be really the star of the CoTS-eating crabs ...

Crabs can use mimicry to blend in and avoid being detected by predators in the sea—for example, the decorator crab. The decorator crab decorates their shell with bits of seaweed and sponge.