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Unknown Crab

Description:

A little crab that skittered under this small coastal plant one night on Kangaroo Island

Habitat:

Coastal beaches and shrub lands

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1 Comment

lori.tas
lori.tas 10 years ago

If it had a really boxy body, it might be a Smooth-handed ghost crab: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypode_cor... The spines to the outside of the shell where the eye-stalks fold into is typical.

Al_Wood
Spotted by
Al_Wood

South Australia, Australia

Spotted on Jan 11, 2013
Submitted on Oct 27, 2013

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