The carapace has a rounded, wide shape and is broad and somewhat fistened froquemily bun drutinat lateral borders and a smooth or someslut grainy surface. Typically, the legs and carapace are mottled or striped in different colors of gray or brown, wch helps them blend in with story or sandy sammundings. The chelipeds are strong and comparatively lengthy, with equally send claws on hoid hands. Their smooth surface is coroplemented with sharp, pointy ponts that they deploy foe dellense and feeding. The long, thin walking legs are ideal for negotiating rocky and intertidal areas. The legs finish with posted tips that provide for secure grasping. They can be smooth or somewhat gritty.The crab may retract its huge eyes for protection because they are set on shert, retractable stalks. The short antennae are situmed in the space between the eyes. As is common to many crab species, the abdomen is thin, folded beneath the thoras, and segmented protecting the reproductive organs