Porcelain Fiddler Crab
Austruca annulipes
- Group: Crab
- For divers: safe
A small fiddler crab of muddy stream edges, lagoon beaches and intertidal mudflats, where the male waves one greatly enlarged claw. It feeds at low tide, sifting organic matter from the sediment and building little mud hoods over its burrow entrances.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae › Austruca
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 955178.
FAQ
- Is the Porcelain Fiddler Crab dangerous to divers?
- The Porcelain Fiddler Crab is harmless to divers.