Purple Crab

Land terrestrial crab, possibly from the genus Arachnothelphusa. Carapace mostly brown/dark brown in colour with hints of purple on legs and claws. Saw several of them, usually in crevices of tree trunks which collects waters and at night time, they come out, even to the ground, to feed.

Update - This crab, Arachnothelphusa merarapensis was newly described in the year 2015.

comments (5)

nightjar6

Lion

We get similar in western ghat biodiversity hot spot in india too. Posted 7 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  They probably looks similar and have same colour, but most likely not the same species. Posted 7 years ago

_ChunXingWong_

Lion

Hey Lion, just a green fly passing by.
I can't identify your spotting yet so I'll just put the species suggestion in this comment.
This is a most possibly an A. merarapensis. Posted 7 years ago
1. Albert Kang
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks, Chun for the ID
  Don't pretend to be a humble Green Fly ;), in fact the Green Fly can drive a Lion crazy, if it wants to! lol Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. _ChunXingWong_
    
    Lion
    
    Seems like the little green fly has finally evolved into a lion now. Took 2 years for that! Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago