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Mictyris longicarpus, the light-blue soldier crab, is a species of crab that lives on sandy beaches from the Bay of Bengal to Australia; with other members of the genus Mictyris, it is "one of the most loved crabs in Australia". [2] Adults are 25 mm (1 in) across, white, with blue on their backs, and hold their claws vertically.
Mictyris is a genus of brightly coloured crabs, placed in its own taxonomical family, the Mictyridae. [1] It inhabits the central Indo-West Pacific region. These crabs congregate on mud flats or beaches in groups of a few thousand, and filter sand or mud for microscopic organisms.
This species of hermit crab can reach a shell length of up to half an inch in size. P. longicarpus coloration can vary, but body color is most commonly gray, green or white. The right claw of P. longicarpus is much larger than the left, and each claw has a tan or gray stripe down the middle. [3]
Pagurus anachoretus Pagurus bernhardus Long-armed hermit crab, Pagurus longicarpus Hairy hermit crab, Pagurus hirsutiusculus, outside its shell – note the soft-shelled and curved abdomen (top of photo) Pagurus acadianus Benedict, 1901 Pagurus alabamensis Rathbun, 1935 † Pagurus alaini Komai, 1998 Pagurus alatus Fabricius, 1775
Soldier crabs (Mictyris longicarpus), semaphore crab (Heloecius cordiformis), blue swimmer crabs (Portunus pelagicus) and hermit crabs (Pagurus sinuatus) also call the mangroves home. A more casual visitor to the mangroves at high tide is the eastern sea garfish ( Hyporhamphus australis ) which scoots around just an inch from the surface and is ...
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Soldier crab is a term used in different parts of the world for different crustaceans: Pagurus bernhardus, a European hermit crab; Coenobita clypeatus, a Caribbean hermit crab; Dotilla myctiroides, a true crab from South-east Asia; several species of the genus Mictyris, an Indo-West Pacific genus of crabs:
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