strawberry crab

{{Short description|Species of crab}}

{{distinguish|text=the strawberry hermit crab, Coenobita perlatus or Lybia edmondsoni (which is, similarly to the strawberry crab, known as the boxer crab)}}

{{Speciesbox

| image = Strawberry_crab.jpg

| taxon = Neoliomera pubescens

| authority = (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)

}}

The strawberry crab (Neoliomera pubescens), also known as the Hawaiian strawberry crab or the red boxing crab, is a small, bright pink crab found in the Indo-Pacific region, including around Hawaii,{{cite web |url=http://www2.bishopmuseum.org/HBS/invert/brachyura.htm |title=Infraorder Brachyura, Hawaii checklist |author=L. G. Eldredge & R. C. DeFelice |publisher=Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii |accessdate=21 June 2006}} French Polynesia,{{cite web |url=http://decapoda.ecole-navale.fr/fiche.php?sp=322 |title=Database of Crustacea (Decapoda, Stomatopoda) |author=J. Poupin |accessdate=21 June 2006}} and Mauritius.{{cite web |url=http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/masdea/masdea.php?p=taxdetails&id=209000 |title=MASDEA: Marine Species database for Eastern Africa |author= |accessdate=21 June 2006 |publisher=Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee}} It has small white bumps on the main shell and whitish claws. Adults reach about {{convert|5|cm|0}} across.