Photo 1876850, (c) Aaron Reed, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Aaron Reed

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What

Speckled Swimming Crab (Arenaeus cribrarius)

Observer

aaronramon

Date

May 17, 2015

Description

Observed dozens of speckled swimming crabs exposed and periodically buried in sand of intertidal zone during an abnormally high tide event following heavy rains at Mustang Island State Park. Some of the crabs were actively feeding on coquina clam (Donax variabilis). Both females with sponges and males were observed, though there was no obvious interaction between any of the crabs.

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