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land crab

Habitat:

it occurs even inside houses..

Notes:

this female crab is full of eggs... the eggs can be seen on its belly...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ashish
Ashish 12 years ago
Land Crab
Discoplax rotunda Discoplax


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10 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Epigrapsus politus

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Crabs had different colours in different atmospheres..I find similar shape. Let's find similar again. Actually its from Genus of Land crabs. Others do not match.

rivu.ghorai
rivu.ghorai 12 years ago

@ashish it is not rotunda. it has more pointed corners not rounded like rotunda and the color of legs seems different..

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Its very much like Discoplax rotunda

auntnance123
auntnance123 12 years ago

Ashish, possibly one of the mangrove crab families? I don't even know if there are mangroves in India.

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Wow interesting.. now..!!

rivu.ghorai
rivu.ghorai 12 years ago

@ashish i have added the picture of upper side..

rivu.ghorai
rivu.ghorai 12 years ago

no problem.. i will get the pic tomorrow..

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Do you have top view of this crab...?
Need to see back to identify specie..

rivu.ghorai
Spotted by
rivu.ghorai

Haldia, West Bengal, India

Spotted on Jul 15, 2011
Submitted on Jul 15, 2011

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