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Ovalipes australiensis
The sand crab is easily distinguishable from other swimmer crabs, as it has two blood red/mauve spots at the tail end of its carapace.
100's along the shoreline , digging holes.The sand crab has the ability to disappear into the sand very quickly, by using a backward swimming motion, using its flattened swimming legs to dig itself into the sand. The sand crab is most commonly found from the low water mark on beaches out to a depth of 100 metres.
The sand crab is a scavenger feeder, and can grow to at least 15cm carapace width.
Spotted on Dec 21, 2014
Submitted on Dec 23, 2014
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I moved your crab spotting to the Arthropods category. :-)