It looks like a crab that walked out of a coral reef wearing someone else's skeleton — broad, white, and marked in red like a painted shield. In the wild, this crab looks nothing like this. The Doclea ovis — its Chinese name literally means "sheep's wool ball crab" — is covered, when alive, in a thick shaggy coat of fine brown fur, so dense that the shell disappears under it, and the crab looks like a living tumbleweed rolling across the seabed. This specimen is the de-furred edition: the natural coat has been carefully cleaned away, revealing for the first time the armour underneath. And what armour it is. Look at it: The broad, rounded carapace, pure white like polished porcelain. The bold red markings scattered across the shell — irregular patches, like a map painted by a careless hand. The strong, curved legs, tipped in red, spread wide and symmetrical. The clean, architectural form — a design that was hiding under the fur all along. It is like seeing a sculpture that has been covered in felt for its whole life, and is finally displayed bare. Collectors of crustaceans call these "cleaned" specimens — and they are prized precisely because they show the shell, the skeleton, the true structure that fur normally hides. This specimen is professionally cleaned and dried, about 16 cm across — a substantial, statement piece. It is ready to sit on a shelf, a desk, or in a display case, where its red-and-white patterning will draw every eye. Whether you are a collector of crustacean specimens, a student of marine biology, or simply someone who loves the strange and beautiful corners of the natural world — this de-furred wool-ball crab is more than a decoration. It is a small, preserved piece of the Indo-Pacific seabed, wearing its true colours for the first time. Specifications: Type: Preserved crab specimen, de-furred (cleaned) edition Species: Doclea ovis (Fabricius, 1787) — sheep's wool ball crab Size: approx. 16 cm across Family: Majidae / spider crabs (Majoidea) Habitat: Soft muddy and sandy bottoms, estuaries, coastal waters, Japan, India, southern China Features: White carapace with red markings, red-tipped legs, natural fur coat cleaned away to reveal shell Style: Natural history / curiosities / marine biology Condition: Excellent, professionally cleaned and preserved It is a wool-ball crab, revealed for the first time, on your shelf. You get to display it. We will ship it in a display frame; you can see the style of the frame in the last image.