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Animal
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Crabs
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Animal
Name
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Metopograpsus quadridentatus (Stimpson)
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Classification
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Arthropoda
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Class
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Crustacea
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Order
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Decapoda
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Family
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Grapsidae
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Characteristic Features |
-Carapace subquadrate, broader than long, anterior half
broader than the -Anterolateral margin with a tooth behind outerorbital angle. -Carapace length: (M) 21 mm, (F) 18.5 mm; breath: (M) 26.5
mm, (F) 23.2 | |
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Ecology
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Habitat
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Among stones or peddles, usually at the low-tide mark
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Distribution
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