Summary ⁷

Uca chlorophthalmus, is a common fiddler crab found in the mangroves of East Africa, from Somalia to South Africa, as well as Madagascar and Mauritius. Marsh fiddlers dig burrows in the muddy or sandy banks of salt marshes, which they use to protect themselves from predators, high tide and extreme temperatures. They feed by filtering detritus out of mud, and defend their burrows against other fiddler crabs. U. chlorophthalmus is characterised by its red pereiopods and blue...

Statistics of barcoding coverage: uca chlorophthalmus ⁸

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 5
Species With Barcodes: 1

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Ricky Taylor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ricky Taylor
2. (c) 2007 Moorea Biocode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=226488&one=T
3. (c) 2007 Moorea Biocode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=226489&one=T
4. (c) 2007 Moorea Biocode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=226490&one=T
5. (c) 2007 Moorea Biocode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=226493&one=T
6. (c) 2007 Moorea Biocode, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=226496&one=T
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uca_chlorophthalmus
8. (c) Barcode of Life Data Systems, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/30370919

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