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The Tasmanian giant crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), also known as the Tasmanian king crab, giant deepwater crab, giant southern crab, queen crab, or bullcrab, is a very large species of crab that resides on rocky and muddy bottoms in the oceans off Southern Australia. [2] [3] It is the only extant species in the genus Pseudocarcinus. [4]
Austrothelphusa transversa (von Martens, 1868), also known as the inland crab, freshwater crab, or tropical freshwater crab [3] is a species of freshwater crab endemic to Australia. [1] A. transversa is the most widely-dispersed species of its genus, as it has adaptations giving it a high tolerance to drought and arid conditions. [4]
The annual migration of red crabs in Australia begins in October/November each year. Millions of red crabs Gecarcoidea natalis migrate from the Australian islands to the Indian Ocean during this one to two-week-long period. The purpose of migration is to go underwater and lay eggs and breeding has to be made possible.
Video from Christmas Island National Park in Australia shows the bright red crabs along a road, dotting the landscape in red. "It's shaping up to be a bumper year for the red crab migration!" the ...
Adult red crabs have no natural predators on Christmas Island. [12] The yellow crazy ant, an invasive species accidentally introduced to Christmas Island and Australia from Africa, is believed to have killed 10–15 million red crabs (one-quarter to one-third of the total population) in recent years. [4]
Mictyris longicarpus, the light-blue soldier crab, is a species of crab that lives on sandy beaches from the Bay of Bengal to Australia; with other members of the genus Mictyris, it is "one of the most loved crabs in Australia". [2] Adults are 25 mm (1 in) across, white, with blue on their backs, and hold their claws vertically.
The Australian land hermit crab (Coenobita variabilis) is a terrestrial hermit crab species, native to Australia. It is a nocturnal, omnivorous crustacean. It is a nocturnal, omnivorous crustacean. They are gregarious and thrive in tropical areas near water.
Pilumnus monilifer Southern hairy crab (Haswell, 1881) (South Australia to Victoria and around Tasmania.) [1] Pilumnus tomentosus Common hairy crab (Latreille, 1825) (Albany, Western Australia, to Newcastle, New South Wales, and around Tasmania.) [1] Family Goneplacidae – Goneplacid crabs