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Unknown Crab

Photo by Al_Wood
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Field Notes

Description:

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

Habitat:

Coastal beaches and shrub lands

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
lori.tas
If it had a really boxy body, it might be a Smooth-handed ghost crab: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocypode_cordimanus The spines to the outside of the shell where the eye-stalks fold into is typical.
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PublishedOctober 27, 2013

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