sentinel crab

Podophthalmus vigil

Classification

Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Family: Portunidae

Macrophthalmus is a genus of crabs which are widespread across the Indo-Pacific. It contains the following species (arranged into subgenera): Species in this genus are often referred to as sentinel crabs.

Distribution

sentinel crab — (c) James M. Maley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

France · 1United States of America · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) James M. Maley, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMacrophthalmus, Wikipedia contributors

sentinel crab

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