This crab is similar to Paragrapsus gaimardii and can be hard to distinguish from one and another and both of these crabs can be found locally.

Although this crab has a more mottled pattern rather than dots but the the first walking leg has a fine felt covering it and that is a key difference between the two.

At a glance

Habitat Can be found under rocks along sheltered coasts and in burrows on mudflats
Size Can grow to around 40mm across the carapace
Origin Endemic
Distribution South-eastern Australia, including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
South-eastern Australia, including around Tasmania
Habitat
Can be found under rocks along sheltered coasts and in burrows on mudflats
Size
Can grow to around 40mm across the carapace

Identification

This crab can be identified by the presence of the two notches behind the eyes on the sides of the carapace the colouration ranges from dark reds and purples with yellowish brown mottled patches, The first walking leg is also has a fine covering of hairs that look like felt
Common Name Mottled Shore Crab
Aliases Spotted Smooth Shore Crab,
Origin Endemic
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Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumCrustacea
SuperclassMulticrustacea
ClassMalacostraca
SubclassEumalacostraca
SuperorderEucarida
OrderDecapoda
SuborderPleocyemata
InfraorderBrachyura
SectionEubrachyura
SuperfamilyGrapsoidea
FamilyVarunidae
SubfamilyCyclograpsinae
GenusParagrapsus
SpeciesParagrapsus laevis
Synonyms

Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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