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Cyclograpsus grandulosus
Cream to white nippers and a deep purple to light brown body with the occasional white blotch.
Under rocks and seaweed on the beach
Spotted on Jan 13, 2020
Submitted on Jan 30, 2020
4 Comments
From looking at the close ups of some of my photos it doesn't look like there are any paddles.
Also known as swimming legs, they are like a flat "flipper" to the rear of the third pair of legs. Not all crabs will have them.
Thanks for those links. Look a lot like the purple mottled shore crab.
Sorry what are paddles?
That's a nice-looking crab. A couple of links that may help you to ID this spotting... https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/goodli... https://vfa.vic.gov.au/operational-polic... Do you recall if your spotting had paddles?