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What

Speckled Swimming Crab (Arenaeus cribrarius)

Observer

rtuggle10

Date

October 10, 2013

Description

Seen at 9:31 am

Scientific name - Arenaeus cribrarius

Niche - acts as a scavenger and recycles nutrients in dead organisms, host to parasitic barnacles, mesopredator, and food for larger predators

Range - Found on the Atlantic coast of North, Central, and South America; from Massachusetts to Brazil

Habitat - live near the sandy beach shores in up to 68 m of water

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