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Another crab ID

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Another crab ID

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  1. This crab has the dark spot on the carapace that is meant to be characteristic of Atergatis subdentatus, but I'm not sure about the lighter patterns. Any ideas?

     

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  2. Edited by Leslie
  3. Thanks, Leslie.

     

    Looking at Gosliner, et al, again, I think I can rule A. subdentatus out as they list "Philippines and Japan) for distribution. The photographs were taken on the GBR.

     

    From ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/w7192e/w7192e31.pdf for C. convexus:

    Diagnostic characters: Carapace ovate; dorsal

    surface very smooth and convex. Colour: uniform

    red to reddish brown, with irregular dark brown

    patches on the dorsal surface of carapace.

    Maybe it isn't C. convexus. ;)

  4. Allen and Steene have two photographs of C. convexus. One is uniformly coloured with the dark spot with two smaller white spots in the centre of the carapace. The other shows a more mottled form. Perhaps it is C. convexus after all.

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