Skip to main content
Close

Crab

Photo by Atul
Published on Project Noah
Zoom
NominateNominate for Wildlife Photograph of the Month
reportFlag Spotting

19.8582, 72.6816

Field Notes

Description:

A small crab with one huge fang and the other one small.

Habitat:

found this one on the beach .

Notes:

spotted around more than a hundred of these crabs come on the surface from their holes.The moment i got close to them they disappeared off in a flash.

Species ID Suggestions

Porcelain fiddler

Uca annulipes

Comments (2)

Thanks Mick for the start, need to search more on this one
Called a "findler" crab - suggesting it plays the violin!
Photographed
PublishedOctober 17, 2011

Accelerate our Mission to Photograph 
Every Species in the World!

Image
Butterflies icon

Wildlife Community

Wildlife Community

Join a worldwide community passionate about wildlife and nature!

Join Project Noah

Nature School

Nature School

Transform your green space into a curiosity-creating nature classroom!

Visit Nature School

Wildlife Game

Wildlife Game

Defend wildlife throughout the jungle in thrilling nature game!

Play Baboon