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Uca pugilator
Uca pugilator (Bosc, 1802)
Atlantic sand fiddler
Uca pugilator
photo by Auscape International

Family:  Ocypodidae (fiddler and ghost crabs)
Max. size: 
Environment:  benthic; brackish; marine; depth range - 0 m
Distribution:  Western Atlantic Ocean.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Makes burrows on sandy upper-intertidal and supratidal substrates like marshes and bays. Found beneath and behind mangroves Rhizophora mangle and Avicinia germinans that border the island. Constructs two kinds of burrows: one used as refuge by non-breeding crabs during high tide and at night after feeding bouts, and another as breeding burrows (Ref. 104852). Exhibits diurnal deposit-feeding (Ref. 111607).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans: 
Country info:   
 

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