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Thick-legged Fiddler Crab (Paraleptuca crassipes) Dublon Island, Chuuk, FSM. Apr 14, 2019 Federated States of Micronesia,Geotagged,Paraleptuca crassipes,Spring,Thick-legged Fiddler Crab Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Thick-legged Fiddler Crab (Paraleptuca crassipes)

Dublon Island, Chuuk, FSM. Apr 14, 2019

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    Wow! If the size of the arm isn't crazy enough....its bloody PINK! Posted 6 years ago
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      Haha yeah fiddler crabs are pretty wild! I was lucky that there seems to be a fiddler crab expert on inaturalist, who identified a couple of those species for me, which I'd never hoped to get a name for! Posted 6 years ago
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        That's why I love experts, there seems to exist one no matter how odd the niche :) Posted 6 years ago
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          Haha I know, right?! Posted 6 years ago

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The Thick-legged Fiddler Crab

Paraleptuca crassipes is a species of fiddler crab found from Korea to New Caledonia.

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Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Thibaud Aronson
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By Thibaud Aronson

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Uploaded Jun 28, 2019. Captured Apr 14, 2019 11:10 in Tonowas, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.
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  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/13.0
  • 1/664s
  • ISO640
  • 560mm