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Uca tangeri
The largest species in the genus Uca, with a carapace up to 50 millimetres (2.0 in) wide,[2] and up to 25 mm (1.0 in) long.[The males have one claw much larger than the other, which they use for communication. The carapace is violet to black, or sometimes yellowish in females, while the appendages are yellowish brown
On mud flats by 'the creek' an off-shoot of the Gambia river
Spotted on Nov 19, 2011
Submitted on Feb 15, 2019
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