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CRABS : INVERTEBRATES
BRISTLED RUBBLE CRAB (Platyactaea setigera) < 2.5 cm / 1 in
ed to oran e od ith t o ale roo es to ards the back. Claws and legs bristled with short brown spines.
OCELLATE BOX CRAB
(Calappa ocellata) < 10 cm / 4 in
Pale blotches with yellow speckles, formed by a network of lines on to of the shell. ar e cla s co er the face.
MOTTLED SHORE CRAB (Pachygrapsus transversus) < 5 cm / 2 in
Flattened green body with dark brown lines. Small yellow spots on claw arms. Pink claws. Found in the shallows.
HOARY RUBBLE CRAB
(Banareia palmeri) < 2.5 cm / 1 in
ale ello cara ace le s and cla s co ered in round orange bumps. Fine yellow hairs on legs and claws.
FLAME BOX CRAB
(Calappa ammea) < 10 cm / 4 in rre ular a red lines on the ac form a attern that dissol es to ards the rear. ar e cla s co er the face.
ROUGH BOX CRAB (Calappa galloides) < 6 cm / 2.5 in
Lumpy yellowish to brown body is shorter than it is wide. id e a o e each cla has distincti el shar teeth.
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