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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 Sand Fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator)
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Fiddler crab - Uca pugilator - male
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Fiddler crab - Uca pugilator - Male
Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA
June 2, 2008
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 November, 2009 - 3:54am
Last updated 1 January, 2010 - 10:03am

Moved
Moved from Fiddler Crabs. Thanks. This one shows the "characteristic pink or purple patch on the middle of the carapace" nicely.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 January, 2010 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

Uca pugilator?
Check out Uca pugilator - Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab. (Same for your other two images from Cape Cod.) See range maps of Uca here. There are only three to choose from in Cape Cod and your image doesn't really match the other two.

For what it's worth, there's descriptions here and here.
… Steve Nanz, 1 January, 2010 - 4:24am login or register to post comments

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