Sighting 4663248
Purple Rock Crab at Pretty Beach, NSW
Identification history
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 22 Apr 2025 | Jennyncmg | ||
| Leptograpsus variegatus | 21 Apr 2025 | Clarel |
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2 comments
Jennyncmg
wrote:
22 Apr 2025
This is a moult of a female judging by the empty eyes (indicating a moult) and the wide abdominal f;lap which females have to hold their eggs
Location information
- Coordinates 150.361161-35.575558
- Altitude 7.2m
- Maps Murramarang National Park Batemans Marine Park
- Places Pretty Beach, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Apr 2025 08:51 AM Recorded on
- Clarel Recorded by
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Collections
Clarel NatureMapr South Coast Latest Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) Crabs, Prawns, Barnacles & allies (Crustacea) Marine Invertebrates
Additional information
- Less than 1m Depth of sighting
Species information
- Leptograpsus variegatus Scientific name
- Purple Rock Crab Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- -4.73m to 38.43m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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