Pacific Hairback Fiddler Crab - Photo (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carmelo López Abad
rlomabardo's ID: Pacific Hairback Fiddler Crab (Minuca ecuadoriensis)
Added on July 11, 2024
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Pacific Hairback Fiddler Crab (Minuca ecuadoriensis)

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guillermofunes

Date

May 15, 2022 09:46 AM CST

Description

Un cangrejo grande: ac=2.3 cm y lc=1.6 cm, dos estrías postero-laterales. Dáctyl= 2.5 cm, manus=3.8 cm. Cresta oblicua casi sin tuberculos y cresta que viene del margen dorsal de la palma con tuberculos al final, pero muy pequeños. Cresta predáctil casi ausente. Sin diente en cresta de carpus, sin tuberculos antero-dorsal en merus. Tuberculos suborbitales pequeños. Chela menor sin hueco entre los dedos, meri de ambulatorias con pequeñas elevaciones como arrugas en superficie dorsal; pilosidad simétrica en caparazón. Cejas casi no se miran dorsalmente, pero si de frente (es decir, cejas deprimidas hacía abajo). Encontrado en agua dulce, con muy poca salinidad, con mucha sombra, y mucha presencia de Conocarpus erectus a muchos kilómetros del mar.

A large crab: cb=2.3 cm and cl=1.6 cm, two postero-lateral striae. Dactyl= 2.5 cm, manus=3.8 cm. Oblique crest almost without tubercles and crest coming from the dorsal margin of the palm with tubercles at the end, but I would say unmarked overall. Predactyl ridge almost absent. No tooth at the end of ridge of carpus, no antero-dorsal tubercles on merus. Small suborbital crenelations, but appear to be increase distally. Minor chela without gap between the fingers, meri of ambulatory with small wrinkle-like elevations on the dorsal surface (visibles on photo where striae are visible). Eyebrows barely visible viewed dorsally, but rather frontally (i.e., eyebrows depressed downwards). With pile in simetric pattern in the carapace, as other individuals seen in the same site. Found in fresh water, with very little salinity, with a lot of shade, and a high presence of Conocarpus erectus many kilometers from the sea.

Pacific Hairback Fiddler Crab - Photo (c) Carmelo López Abad, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Carmelo López Abad
rlomabardo's ID: Pacific Hairback Fiddler Crab (Minuca ecuadoriensis)
Added on July 11, 2024
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Galápagos Fiddler Crab (Minuca galapagensis)

Observer

jonnpoulsen

Date

July 15, 2018 07:52 PM CEST
Galápagos Fiddler Crab - Photo (c) Antonio Rodríguez Arduengo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Antonio Rodríguez Arduengo
rlomabardo's ID: Galápagos Fiddler Crab (Minuca galapagensis)
Added on July 7, 2024
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Mouthless Crab (Cardisoma crassum)

Date

October 24, 2021 05:30 PM -05
Mouthless Crab - Photo (c) Casablancas Daniel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Casablancas Daniel
rlomabardo's ID: Mouthless Crab (Cardisoma crassum)
Added on November 24, 2021
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Mouthless Crab (Cardisoma crassum)

Date

October 24, 2021 05:30 PM -05
Mouthless Crab - Photo (c) Casablancas Daniel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Casablancas Daniel
rlomabardo's ID: Mouthless Crab (Cardisoma crassum)
Added on November 24, 2021
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Mouthless Crab (Cardisoma crassum)

Date

October 24, 2021 05:30 PM -05
Mouthless Crab - Photo (c) Casablancas Daniel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Casablancas Daniel
rlomabardo's ID: Mouthless Crab (Cardisoma crassum)
Added on November 24, 2021
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