A crab that lives in burrows on mudflats and can easily be mistaken for Heloecius cordiformis that lives in the same environments. The Southern Sentinel Crab is less common however.

At a glance

Habitat In burrows on intertidal mudflats.
Size A carapace width of up to around 30mm
Origin Endemic
Distribution South-eastern Australia including around Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
South-eastern Australia including around Tasmania
Habitat
In burrows on intertidal mudflats.
Size
A carapace width of up to around 30mm

Identification

A yellowish brownish carapace that is wider than it is long with three teeth in the side of the carapace one at the eye and a further two behind that. The edges of the legs in particular the last two have fine hairs or setae. The fixed finger of the chelae is angled downwards. The eye stalks are long
Common Name Southern Sentinel Crab
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
SubphylumCrustacea
SuperclassMulticrustacea
ClassMalacostraca
SubclassEumalacostraca
SuperorderEucarida
OrderDecapoda
SuborderPleocyemata
InfraorderBrachyura
SectionEubrachyura
SuperfamilyOcypodoidea
FamilyMacrophthalmidae
SubfamilyMacrophthalminae
GenusTasmanoplax
SpeciesTasmanoplax latifrons
Synonyms

Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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