Sighting 4663248
Leptograpsus variegatus
Purple Rock Crab at Pretty Beach, NSW
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| Leptograpsus variegatus | Jennyncmg | 22 Apr 2025 | |
| Leptograpsus variegatus | Clarel | 21 Apr 2025 |
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User's notes
Dead
2 comments
22 Apr 2025
This is a moult of a female judging by the empty eyes (indicating a moult) and the wide abdominal f;lap which females have to hold their eggs
Location information
- Coordinates 150.361161-35.575558
- Altitude 7.2m
- Places Pretty Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2025 08:51 AM Recorded on
- Clarel Recorded by
- Less than 1m Depth of sighting
Collections
- Clarel NatureMapr South Coast Leptograpsus variegatus Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea) Marine Invertebrates
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
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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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