Purple Fiddler
Tubuca paradussumieri
- Group: Other
- For divers: safe
A fiddler crab of intertidal mudflats, the male wields one hugely enlarged claw while feeding and signalling with the other. It mates underground in an unusual fashion, the male slipping into the burrow of a female about to release her eggs.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Ocypodidae › Tubuca
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 955319.
FAQ
- Is the Purple Fiddler dangerous to divers?
- The Purple Fiddler is harmless to divers.