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Toothed shore crab

Paragrapsus quadridentatus (H. Milne Edwards, 1837)

Photo by MartinL
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

rock pool crab with four 'teeth' on the carapace between the outer rim and the eyes.

Notes:

small patch on the right side,at base of legs is a flatworm; platyhelminthes. Not normally on crab but these were in the children's bucket before release.

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Toothed shore crab Paragrapsus quadridentatus http://136.154.202.7/crust/mov1660i.html

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