marble crab

Metasesarma obesum

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Sesarmidae

Metasesarma obesum, also known as the marble crab or marble Batik crab, is a species of sesarmid crab. It is a semiterrestrial and brackish-water crab that lives on sandy beaches. Distribution Metasesarma obesum is known from the shores of the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

Distribution

marble crab — (c) Abu Hamas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Abu Hamas · CC-BY-SA

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 10France · 8

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Abu Hamas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Abu Hamas · CC-BY-SA DescriptionMetasesarma obesum, Wikipedia contributors

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