Sighting 4197682
Purple Rock Crab at Pambula Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 17 Feb 2019 | Jennyncmg | ||
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 16 Feb 2019 | JulesPhotographer |
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User's notes
Alas, this poor critter was dead when found. There were a few scuttling for cover that I was unable to get a photo of in the rock pools surrounding it.
2 comments
Jennyncmg
wrote:
17 Feb 2019
Judging by the empty eyes this was just the moulted shell so the crab could well be still alive and scuttling.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.911820-36.943040
- Maps Pambula
- Places Pambula Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2019 02:21 PM Recorded on
- JulesPhotographer Recorded by
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Collections
JulesPhotographer South Coast NatureMapr Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea) Marine Invertebrates Leptograpsus variegatus
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 or negligible
- -4.73m to 38.43m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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