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Fiddler Crab

Uca sp.

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

"Fiddler crabs communicate by a sequence of waves and gestures;[males have an oversized claw or chela; used in clashes of ritualised combat of courtship over a female and signal their intentions between conspecifics. The movement of the smaller claw from ground to mouth during feeding explains the crabs' common name; it looks as if the animal were playing the larger claw like a fiddle." ~wiki

Habitat:

spotted in the mangrove channel at Ras Mohamed National Park

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