Plagusia glabra

Crab at Narrawallee, NSW

Plagusia glabra at Narrawallee, NSW - 28 Aug 2022
Plagusia glabra at Narrawallee, NSW - 28 Aug 2022
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Identification history

Plagusia glabra 20 Mar 2024 Jennyncmg
Plagusia glabra 20 Mar 2024 BushRenegade
Leptograpsus variegatus 30 Aug 2022 MattFox
Unidentified 28 Aug 2022 trevorpreston

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1 comment

Jennyncmg wrote:
   30 Aug 2022
I think this crab might be Plagusia glabra which has the small dots and blotches on its carapace. It does not have the characteristic diagonal grooves on the sides of its carapace or the purple mottles claws like Leptograpsus variegatus does.

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Additional information

  • less than 1m Depth of sighting

Species information

  • Plagusia glabra Scientific name
  • Crab Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 17.56m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning
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