True Crabs
Paraleptuca crassipes
- Group: Other
- Typical depth: 0–1 m
- For divers: safe
A fiddler crab of the high intertidal, it scuttles across sandy shores and clambers over mangrove prop roots near creek mouths. Males wave one greatly enlarged claw to court females and warn off rivals, sifting the mud for scraps with the smaller one. It is harmless to divers.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae › Paraleptuca
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 955294.
FAQ
- How deep does the True Crabs live?
- The True Crabs (Paraleptuca crassipes) is typically found at 0–1 m.
- Is the True Crabs dangerous to divers?
- The True Crabs is harmless to divers.