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1 Species ID Suggestions

Marbled rock crab
Pachygrapsus marmoratus Pachygrapsus marmoratus


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5 Comments

injica
injica 10 years ago

Yes, this looks more like it!

injica
injica 10 years ago

there are several others even some 'imported' from Asia..... don't know, will search around

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 10 years ago

I also found this, wich contains lots of different color shadings of the species:
http://eol.org/pages/343455/media

DespinaTsafetopoulou
DespinaTsafetopoulou 10 years ago

Wiki indicates that "P. marmoratus has a square carapace 22–36 millimetres (0.87–1.4 in) long, which is dark violet brown with marbling in yellow"
But there are several other (I think) Pachygrapsus species in the Mediterranean...

injica
injica 10 years ago

Hm I'm not sure is this one, I have seen too many Pachygrapsus marmoratus in my life and none was violet and so dark apart from this one, and this one is quite big too, medium size!

injica
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injica

Croatia

Spotted on Aug 9, 2013
Submitted on Aug 9, 2013

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