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Mangrove Fiddler Crab

Uca annulipes

Photo by samloftus61
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Field Notes

Description:

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

Habitat:

Mud flat

Species ID Suggestions

Violin/fiddler crab

Uca rapax
Ietermagog
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Comments (7)
Ashish
This must be find in sandy surface... where they can make hide out holes...what is seen in picture.
Ietermagog
What about uca annulipes, porcelain fiddler crab
Ashish
Very alike... http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/17119108
Ietermagog
Then must be other type of fiddler crab
samloftus61
Also, check out that Bright pink claw and carapace design...never seen anything like it
samloftus61
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
Male fiddler crab with one claw bigger than the other
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 23, 2013

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