Sighting 4361700
Haswell's Shore Crab at Ulladulla, NSW
Identification history
| Cyclograpsus audouinii | 20 Mar 2024 | BushRenegade | ||
| Helograpsus haswellianus | 9 Jul 2023 | Jennyncmg | ||
| Helograpsus haswellianus | 8 Jul 2023 | Hejor1 | ||
| Unverified | 13 Dec 2020 | LyndalT |
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6 comments
AndrewG
wrote:
13 Dec 2020
May be a silly question, but was this alive, or could it have been a moult (empty shell)?
If the latter, I'd say a sun-bleached Leptograpsis variegatus like your other pic.
If alive, don't know this one.
If the latter, I'd say a sun-bleached Leptograpsis variegatus like your other pic.
If alive, don't know this one.
LyndalT
wrote:
14 Dec 2020
Definitely alive. Kids were playing with it and finding it a nice "home". It was pretending it was somewhere else and was doing its best to hide. It was about 2cm from side to side when tucked up like that.
BushRenegade
wrote:
20 Mar 2024
The above is not Helograpsus haswellianus note the features do not match.
namely the carapace lacks the anterolateral tooth, the frontal region is not rounded downwards, the walking legs are much broader than those of H. haswellianus.
Based on location and visual features the above is Cyclograpsus audouinii
namely the carapace lacks the anterolateral tooth, the frontal region is not rounded downwards, the walking legs are much broader than those of H. haswellianus.
Based on location and visual features the above is Cyclograpsus audouinii
Jennyncmg
wrote:
20 Mar 2024
C audouinii has hairs at the base of the walking legs. Are these visible?
BushRenegade
wrote:
20 Mar 2024
C. audouinii is the only species in this genus in NSW C. granulosus does not extend into NSW
Location information
- Coordinates 150.480141-35.359986
- Altitude 19.0m
- Places Ulladulla, NSW
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 13 Dec 2020 02:03 PM Recorded on
- LyndalT Recorded by
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Collections
Marine Invertebrates Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea) LyndalT South Coast NatureMapr Helograpsus haswellianus
Species information
- Helograpsus haswellianus Scientific name
- Haswell's Shore Crab Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 18.97m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Chasmagnathus haswellianus
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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