Saltpan Fiddler

Minuca burgersi

• Group: Other

A fiddler crab of beaches, lagoons and estuaries that burrows in the sediment and is often found close to mangroves. The male waves one greatly enlarged claw, while both sexes sift organic matter from the mud.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae › Minuca

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 955259.