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Mangrove Fiddler Crab

Uca annulipes

Description:

This guy was spotted on a mudflat on the East coast of Africa.

Habitat:

Mud flat

1 Species ID Suggestions

Ietermagog
Ietermagog 11 years ago
Violin/fiddler crab
Uca rapax


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7 Comments

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 11 years ago

This must be find in sandy surface... where they can make hide out holes...what is seen in picture.

Ietermagog
Ietermagog 11 years ago

What about uca annulipes, porcelain fiddler crab

Ietermagog
Ietermagog 11 years ago

Then must be other type of fiddler crab

samloftus61
samloftus61 11 years ago

Also, check out that Bright pink claw and carapace design...never seen anything like it

samloftus61
samloftus61 11 years ago

Does U. rapax live in the Indian ocean though? smithsonian says it is found in Belize and mangrove forests in the carribean...but this guy is in the Indian Ocean

Ietermagog
Ietermagog 11 years ago

Male fiddler crab with one claw bigger than the other

samloftus61
Spotted by
samloftus61

Beira, Sofala, Mozambique

Spotted on Jan 23, 2013
Submitted on Feb 23, 2013

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