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Proctacanthus rufus - First DE Datapoint - Proctacanthus rufus - female
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Proctacanthus rufus - First DE Datapoint - Proctacanthus rufus - Female
Fenwick Island, Sussex County, Delaware, USA
August 3, 2009
Size: about 1.5 in.
This was found on the beach dead.
Contributed by roar on 17 August, 2009 - 2:38pm
Last updated 25 September, 2009 - 12:34pm

Moved
Moved from Proctacanthus.
… roar, 12 September, 2009 - 10:37am

Appears
To be correct, female.
… Herschel Raney, 20 August, 2009 - 9:37am

 
how
can you tell?
… roar, 21 August, 2009 - 2:54pm

 
Well
If you mean how can I tell it is rufus, the abdomen is fairly distinctive. If you mean the sex, the females have this spiky terminus, and males have the dual, fairly elongate cerci in this genus terminally.
… Herschel Raney, 3 September, 2009 - 3:34pm

 
Thanks!
I wasn't quite sure.
… roar, 12 September, 2009 - 10:38am

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