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Crustaceans

Nimble Spray Crab

Percnon gibbesi

Also known as: Alien Crab, Grapsid Crab, Sally Lightfoot, Sally Lightfoot Crab, Sea Urchin Crab, Shore Crab, Short Crab, True Crab, Urchin Crab

Adult
@SailingBenH · Crete, Greece · July 20141 / 4
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Overview

Found singly or in consortiums, clinging to jetties, beach rocks and walls of intertidal coral and rocky reefs and rocky shores.
Very shy, will disappear into cracks in the rocks when approached.
Depth - land-0m
Widespread Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean, East Pacific

Brachyura crabs are considered true crabs, they have a short abdomen, 4 walking legs and a pair of clawed arms at the front.
Many thousands of species live worldwide in sea water, fresh water and on land

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How to identify

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Eastern Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean
  • Exact location · 1
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Found singly or in consortiums, clinging to jetties, beach rocks and walls of intertidal coral and rocky reefs and rocky shores.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumArthropoda
    3. classMalacostraca
    4. orderDecapoda
    5. familyPercnidae
    6. genusPercnon
    7. speciesPercnon gibbesi (H. Milne Edwards, 1853)

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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    More in the family

    Decapoda