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Gecarcinus quadratus. Red Land Crab Looking fearsome! Costa Rica,Gecarcinus quadratus,Manuel Antionio NP Click/tap to enlarge

Gecarcinus quadratus. Red Land Crab

Looking fearsome!

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    They are seriously cute!! Posted 5 years ago
    1. View NattyOne's profile
      NattyOne
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      They weren't for hanging about Posted 5 years ago
  3. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Do you know why sometimes they are black, and sometimes blue? Different sexes or life stages? Posted 5 years ago
    1. View NattyOne's profile
      NattyOne
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      No I don't Ferdy - could claim a new species though! (Maybe only the Manuel Antonio sub-species) Posted 5 years ago

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The Red land crab

''Gecarcinus quadratus'', known as the ''red land crab'', ''whitespot crab'', ''Halloween crab'', ''moon crab'', ''mouthless crab'' or ''harlequin land crab'', is a colourful land crab from the family Gecarcinidae.

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Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by NattyOne
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Uploaded Mar 29, 2020. Captured Aug 12, 2018 16:31.
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  • Canon EOS 7D
  • f/6.3
  • 1/99s
  • ISO3200
  • 200mm

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