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Matuta planipes
Small brown crab, with flattened legs like paddles for swimming.
This one, and many others were found at Tanjung Aru beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. They pop out of the sand as the tide comes in, swim a little way and then burrow back in the sand at the edge of the tide.
This beach used to be quite dirty, being part of a small city, but there's been an effort to clean it up. I have not seen these crabs here before, so the clean up must be doing some good as there are lots of them!
Hi AnuwatMooKramkeaw,
I think you are right, so I have updated the spotting. Thank you!
Liza
I think this is not swimmer crad
i think maybe is Flower moon crab or Beach crab
Scientific name is Matuta planipes (Fabricius)