notched shore crab - look for notches
Paragrapsus quadridentatus

shore crab survey
crab survey sheet
crab ID sheet
survey notes
results for Flinders
results for Balnarring

   


purple mottled shore crab - no notches
Cyclograpsus granulosus
a bucket of crabs ready to count
and release
   

female crab - wide abdomen,
small nippers


male crab - narrow abdomen,
big nippers
   

a female crab carrying eggs


a shed shell (on left, light in colour)
and the soft crab (on right, dark in colour)

   

a moulting crab with a broken outer shell - the soft inner shell is the dark in colour