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Tetragonal Fiddler Crab

Gelasimus tetragonon

Seabook: Tetragonal Fiddler Crab

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Description

A fiddler crab, sometimes known as a calling crab, may be any of approximately 100 species of semi-terrestrial marine crabs which make up the genus Uca. As members of the family Ocypodidae, fiddler crabs are most closely related to the ghost crabs of the genus Ocypode. This entire group is composed of small crabs – the lar... Read more in Seabook

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white
brown
blue

Social Behaviour

Group

Couple

Habitat and Environment

Mud and Sand