Sighting 3369889
Purple Rock Crab at Barragga Bay, NSW
Identification history
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 4 May 2018 | offshore | ||
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 12 Jan 2017 | Jennyncmg | ||
| Unverified | 11 Jan 2017 | narelle |
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2 comments
narelle
wrote:
17 Feb 2017
Hi Liz, I checked the species lists and yes this crab did look like the Leptograpsus variegatus with the large front claws.
narelle
wrote:
17 Feb 2017
Next time I will take more notice. Most of the crabs I see around here are an olive green like this one. And then there are others that are more solid and more reddish. I will see if I can get a photo of one of those.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.061518-36.507713
- Places Barragga Bay, NSW
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2017 12:59 PM Recorded on
- narelle Recorded by
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Collections
narelle South Coast NatureMapr Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea) Marine Invertebrates Leptograpsus variegatus
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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