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Unresolved name

Crenate Swimming Crab

Thalamita crenata

Description

provided by World Register of Marine Species
Habitat: Commonly seen swimming in mangrove waterways. Eaten by some marine birds. Caught by children for food (Ruwa, 1989). Distribution: tropical Indo-Pacific in Kalk (1958); extends to Japan, including Australia (Kalk (1958) and Stephenson (1972)).
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copyright
WoRMS Editorial Board
bibliographic citation
Crosnier, A. (1962). Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae.
contributor
Edward Vanden Berghe [email]