Mangrove Tree Crab
In the mangroves north of Quepos, very colourful crabs. Their main food source is red mangrove leaves. Females produce approx. 35,000 eggs at a time. They are an important food source for young fish in the mangroves which prey on the larvae. Large mangrove crabs, fish such as mangrove snappers and White Ibis all prey on these crabs. http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2014/case_zac2/interactions.htm
''Aratus pisonii'', commonly known as the mangrove tree crab, is a species of crab which lives in mangrove trees in tropical and subtropical parts of the Americas, from Florida to Brazil on the Atlantic coast, and from Nicaragua to Peru on the Pacific coast. It feeds mostly on the leaves of the mangroves, but is an omnivore, and prefers animal matter when possible.
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