Sundaic Paddler Crab
Varuna yui
- Group: Crab
- Max size: 5 cm
- For divers: safe
This paddle legged crab pushes far up estuaries, ranging as much as twenty kilometres inland into water that can be completely fresh. It lives across the span from those freshwater swamps down to the shallow subtidal sea.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Varunidae › Varuna
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 444833.
FAQ
- Is the Sundaic Paddler Crab dangerous to divers?
- The Sundaic Paddler Crab is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Sundaic Paddler Crab get?
- The Sundaic Paddler Crab grows to about 5 cm.