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28-JUL-2012 Lejun

Sand Fiddler Crabs

Copyright © Lewis Scharpf

Uca pugilator
Male: back right
Females: left foreground
Males have one large claw (cheliped) which can account for 2-65% of its total body weight
Females have small claws of equal size
Source: Elizabeth Wenner, Ph.D. Fiddler Crabs
Meaher State Park
Mobile Wetlands
Alabama


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