| Ocypodidae (fiddler and ghost crabs) |
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benthic; brackish; marine |
| Indo-West Pacific. Tropical to subtropical. |
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| Lives in individual burrows in mixed-sex colonies on intertidal mudflats (Ref. 104849). Mates underground in a unique manner, wherein males search and enter burrows of females that are ready to ovulate, or is pre-ovigerous (Ref. 104850). Found in places near vegetation (Ref. 113679). |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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