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Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus, the light-blue soldier crab, is a species of crab that lives on sandy beaches from the Bay of Bengal to Australia; with other members of the genus Mictyris, it is "one of the most loved crabs in Australia". Adults are 25 mm across, white, with blue on their backs, and hold their claws vertically. Source Wikipedia,
Soldier Crabs are found from Northern Queensland, New South Wales, to Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. Also, western Indian Ocean to French Polynesia.
Feeding comprises raising scoops of sand to the mouthparts and sifting out edible detritus, algae and small organisms in the sand, with inedible material accumulating and dropping off the crabs as round pellets. The crabs bury themselves in the sand during high tide or whenever they are threatened.
Spotted on Aug 21, 2020
Submitted on Aug 23, 2020
13 Comments
Congratulations on the SOTW Kitchil. Great series.
Congralations
Thanks everybody for the appreciating and comments. Keep it safe.
Congratulations.
Congrats, KitchilPus!
Congratulations well deserved.
Congrats.
great series KitchilPus,congrats on the well deserved SOTW and thanks for sharing
Hi KitchilPus,
Congratulations! Your spotting has been voted Spotting of the Week! Thank you for sharing this wonderful spotting with the Project Noah community. We look forward to seeing what you discover next!
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Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!
These are fabulous to watch in vast numbers.
Cute
Hope you don't mind...just corrected Soldier for you.