Marine Invertebrates
Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea)
Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura)

Crab species

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32 species

Ocypodidae (family) (Fiddler Crabs & Ghost Crabs)

Ocypodidae (family)

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Ocypodidae (family)

Ovalipes australiensis (Sandy)

Ovalipes australiensis

AUST museum Michael Marmach

Ovalipes australiensis

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Ovalipes australiensis
Ovalipes australiensis

Ozius deplanatus (Ozius deplanatus)

Ozius deplanatus

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Ozius deplanatus
Ozius deplanatus
Ozius deplanatus
Ozius deplanatus
Ozius deplanatus

Ozius truncatus (Reef Crab)

Paragrapsus laevis (Mottled Shore Crab)

Parasesarma erythodactyla (Parasesarma erythodactyla)

Parasesarma erythodactyla
Parasesarma erythodactyla
Parasesarma erythodactyla
Parasesarma erythodactyla
Parasesarma erythodactyla
Parasesarma erythodactyla

Pilumnopeus serratifrons (Smooth-handed Crab)

Plagusia chabrus (Red Bait Crab)

Plagusia chabrus
Plagusia chabrus
Plagusia chabrus
Plagusia chabrus
Plagusia chabrus
Plagusia chabrus

Plagusia glabra (Crab)

Plagusia glabra
Plagusia glabra

Planes major (Flotsam Crab)

Portunus pelagicus (Blue Swimmer Crab)

Portunus pelagicus
Portunus pelagicus

Scylla serrata (Mud Crab, Mangrove Crab)

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  • All conservation levels (change?)
  • Non-invasive or negligible (change?)

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