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Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura)

Crab species

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29 species

Amarinus paralacustris (Amarinus paralacustris)

Brachynotus spinosus (Little Shore Crab)

Brachynotus spinosus
Brachynotus spinosus

Carcinus maenas (European Shore Crab)

Carcinus maenas
Carcinus maenas

Cyclograpsus audouinii (Cyclograpsus audouinii)

Heloecius cordiformis (Semaphore Crab)

Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis
Heloecius cordiformis

Helograpsus haswellianus (Haswell's Shore Crab)

Helograpsus haswellianus
Helograpsus haswellianus

Ilyograpsus paludicola (Ilyograpsus paludicola)

Leptograpsus variegatus (Purple Rock Crab)

Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus
Leptograpsus variegatus

Litocheira bispinosa (Two-spined Slender-clawed Crab)

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes (Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes)

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes

Mictyris longicarpus (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus
Mictyris longicarpus

Mictyris platycheles (Soldier Crab)

Mictyris platycheles

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Mictyris platycheles

Naxia aurita (Smooth Seaweed-crab)

Naxia sp. (genus) (Spider crabs)

Naxia tumida (Little Seaweed Crab)

Notomithrax minor (Small Seaweed Crab)

Ocypode convexa (Ocypode convexa)

Ocypode cordimana (Smooth-Handed Ghost Crab)

Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana
Ocypode cordimana

Ocypodidae (family) (Fiddler Crabs & Ghost Crabs)

Ocypodidae (family)

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Ocypodidae (family)

Ovalipes australiensis (Sandy)

Ovalipes australiensis

AUST museum Michael Marmach

Ovalipes australiensis

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Ovalipes australiensis
Ovalipes australiensis

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