Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab

Gelasimus vomeris

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Ocypodidae

Gelasimus vomeris is a species of fiddler crab found in the southwest Pacific Ocean. In Australia, it is found in the east and north from Darwin to Sydney. It is commonly known as the two-toned fiddler crab, orange-clawed fiddler crab or Southern calling fiddler crab, however the common name orange-clawed fiddler crab is also used for the fiddler crab Tubuca coarctata.

Distribution

Orange-clawed Fiddler Crab — (c) coenobita, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by coenobita · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 3

Sources and credits

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