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Unidentified at suppressed - 20 Jan 2024

Unidentified at suppressed - 20 Jan 2024

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Identification history

	Paragrapsus laevis	20 Mar 2024	BushRenegade
	Paragrapsus laevis	20 Jan 2024	Jennyncmg
	Scylla serrata	20 Jan 2024	AniseStar

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Small black crab sighted in the mangroves.

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Jennyncmg wrote:

20 Jan 2024

It is not the mud crab Scylla serrata

BushRenegade wrote:

20 Mar 2024

Two notches on the carapace evident first walking leg not really visible however based on the colouration it is more likely Paragrapsus laevis

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Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
20 Jan 2024 04:08 PM Recorded on
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Marine Invertebrates Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea) Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) AniseStar

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less than 1m Depth of sighting

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