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Uca pugilator (Bosc, 1802) Atlantic sand fiddler |
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photo by
Auscape International |
| Family: | Ocypodidae (fiddler and ghost crabs) | |||
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| Environment: | benthic; brackish; marine; depth range - 0 m | |||
| Distribution: | Western Atlantic Ocean. | |||
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| Biology: | Makes burrows on sandy upper-intertidal and supratidal substrates like marshes and bays. Found beneath and behind mangroves Rhizophora mangle and Avicinia germinans that border the island. Constructs two kinds of burrows: one used as refuge by non-breeding crabs during high tide and at night after feeding bouts, and another as breeding burrows (Ref. 104852). Exhibits diurnal deposit-feeding (Ref. 111607). | |||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251) | |||
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