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Crustaceans

Red Rock Crab

Neosarmatium meinerti

Also known as: Mangrove Crab, Marsh Crab, Red Mangrove Crab, Red-clawed Mangrove Crab, Rock Crab, Spider Crab

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Adult
@JarJar · SC, Seychelles · March 20171 / 2
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Overview

Found over mud, and sandy areas, of high shore mangrove floors.
They feed on mangrove leaves.
Depth - High tide area of mangroves.

These crabs live in the Mangrove forest feeding on mangrove leaf litter, by so doing they help to keep the mangrove floor clean!

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found over mud, and sandy areas, of high shore mangrove floors.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumArthropoda
    3. classMalacostraca
    4. orderDecapoda
    5. familySesarmidae
    6. genusNeosarmatium
    7. speciesNeosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887)

    SourcesWoRMS

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