Sighting 4530720
Purple Rock Crab at Four Winds Bioblitz Reference Sites
Identification history
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 26 Nov 2023 | Jennyncmg | ||
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 26 Nov 2023 | BIrdsinCanberra |
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I think the crab had just moulted its old shell. The old shell is in the centre of the upright photo and the crab is a darker green at the top. The crab was in a small rock pool at Cottage Beach.
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.055525-36.496035
- Altitude 14.0m
- Maps Four Winds Bioblitz Reference Sites
- Places Barragga Bay, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Sep 2023 04:00 PM Recorded on
- BIrdsinCanberra Recorded by
Additional information
- less than 1m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Leptograpsus variegatus Scientific name
- Purple Rock Crab Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- -4.73m to 38.43m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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