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Crab

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Description:

A small crab with one huge fang and the other one small.

Habitat:

found this one on the beach .

Notes:

spotted around more than a hundred of these crabs come on the surface from their holes.The moment i got close to them they disappeared off in a flash.

1 Species ID Suggestions

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AnuwatMooKramkeaw
AnuwatMooKramkeaw 11 years ago
Porcelain fiddler
Uca annulipes fiddler crabs (uca spp.)


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2 Comments

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Atul
Atul 12 years ago

Thanks Mick for the start, need to search more on this one

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MickGrant
MickGrant 12 years ago

Called a "findler" crab - suggesting it plays the violin!

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Atul
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Atul

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Sep 8, 2011
Submitted on Oct 17, 2011

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