fiddler crabs
One-clawed beach dwellers
Fiddler crabs are small burrowing crabs found in coastal mud flats and marshes, named for the male's single oversized claw, which he waves in a motion resembling a fiddler's arm.
The enlarged claw is used for courtship displays and territorial disputes.
Females have two small claws of equal size.
- sandFine rock particles
- burrowAnimal's dug dwelling
- crustaceanAquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
- brackishMildly salty water
- salt marshCoastal wetland with halophytes
carapace · decapod · claws · tidal flats · estuary · mangrove roots · dig · sea creatures · beach · sand dunes · tide pool · semaphore · mudskippers · courtship display · intertidal zone · low tide · sideways · mudflats
- crustaceanscrabs, prawn, lobster, lobsters, shrimp
- fishing baitworm, worms, nightcrawlers, nightcrawler, live bait
- tidal flatsmudflat, mudflats, tidal flats, silt, mud
- Tidal Wetlandssalt marshes, cordgrass, tidal flats, mudflat, tidal creeks
- coastal lifedolphins, pelicans, lighthouses, seagulls, fishing
- scavengersvulture, vultures, scavenger, hyena, hyenas
body symmetry
fiddler crabsking crabs
Large spiny-legged crustaceans
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