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Box Crab

Calappa calappa

Description:

Saw this Box crab having a meal of a cat fish. Crab is rather big, carapace size around 15 cm, almost orange in colour with darker orange spots. They usually come out to feed at night time. During day time, they buries themselves under the sand to hide.

Habitat:

Mostly sandy or seagrass bottom

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AlbertKang
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AlbertKang

Cebu, Philippines

Spotted on Jul 1, 2016
Submitted on Aug 5, 2016

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