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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Crustaceans (Crustacea) » Malacostracans (Malacostraca) » Eucarida (Crabs, Crayfish, Shrimp, etc.) (Eucarida) » Crabs, Crayfishes, Lobsters, Prawns, and Shrimp (Decapoda) » True Crabs (Brachyura) » Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs (Ocypodidae) » Fiddler Crabs (Uca) » Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab (Uca pugnax)
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Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab - Uca pugnax - male
Copyright © 2014 Karolina Stutzman

Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab - Uca pugnax - Male
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, Kent County, Delaware, USA
August 15, 2014
Two males engaged in what might be a territorial dispute at a burrow.
I didn't see the altercation begin nor watch it end, so it's
difficult to say if the somewhat smaller one on the left is defending
rightful ownership of this burrow or if the larger one on the right
is attempting to evict a squatter. :o)
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Contributed by Karolina Stutzman on 10 October, 2014 - 5:40pm
Last updated 26 October, 2015 - 4:35pm

Moved
Moved from Marsh Crabs, Shore Crabs, and Talon Crabs.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 October, 2014 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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