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Freshwater Tiger Crab, *Austrothelphusa tigrina*. © Queensland Museum, John Short.
Freshwater Tiger Crab
Summary
The Freshwater Tiger Crab is a relatively large, riverine, freshwater crab, most easily recognised by the distinctive black stripes on the carapace of adults. It is so far only known from the headwaters of One Mile Creek, a tributary of the Alice River, Cape York.
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Banana Prawn, *Penaeus merguiensis*. Courtesy of Grant's Guide to Fishes.
Banana Prawn
Summary
The Banana Prawn grows to 240 mm in length. It is widespread, found in northern Australia from Shark Bay, WA, to northern NSW; also from the Red Sea into Asia.
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Blue Coral Crab, *Trapezia cymodoce*. © Queensland Museum, Neville Coleman Collection.
Blue Coral Crab
Summary
The Blue Coral Crab has a blue-grey shell with a line of obvious small orange-red spots on the middle of its carapace. It is found in northern Australia; Indo-West Pacific.
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Common Box Crab, *Calappa hepatica*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie.
Common Box Crab
Summary
The Common Box Crab is pale olive to olive-grey or olive-yellow, with flecking but not strong markings. It reaches about 50 mm in carapace width. It occurs in tropical and subtropical Australia; Indo-Pacific from Red Sea to Clipperton Is., east Pacific.
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Coral Swimmer Crab, *Charybdis feriata*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie.
Coral Swimmer Crab
Summary
The Coral Swimmer Crab reaches up to 160 mm in carapace width. It occurs in Australia, except for the southern coast; Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Japan.
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Moreton Bay Bug, *Thenus parindicus*. © Queensland Museum.
Moreton Bay Bug
Summary
The Moreton Bay Bug (also called Flathead Lobster or Shovel-nosed Lobster) is found over muddy-sand substrates in inshore waters to about 60 m depth. Northern Australia.
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Pink-clawed Hermit, *Dardanus pedunculatus*. Courtesy of Ian Banks.
Pink-clawed Hermit
Summary
The Pink-clawed Hermit has short thick eyestalks with distinctive red and white banding. It is found on reefs and seagrass beds in Qld and NSW.
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River Swimming Crab, *Varuna litterata*. Courtesy of Peter Ng.
River Swimming Crab
Summary
The River Swimming Crab is found under rocks in shallow water, from estuarine mangroves up-river to fresh water. Tropical Australia south to central NSW.
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Sand Crab or Blue Swimmer Crab, *Portunus armatus*. Courtesy of Ian Banks.
Sand Crab or Blue Swimmer Crab
Summary
The Sand Crab or Blue Swimmer Crab is a commercially important trawled species. It is common in shallow, sandy-muddy inshore waters and seagrass beds, and occurs Australia-wide.
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Spanner Crab, *Ranina ranina*, Male. Courtesy of Richard Freeman.
Spanner Crab
Summary
The Spanner Crab is found in the intertidal zone to more than 100 m; prefers bare sandy areas. It is widespread, northern Australia from Houtman Abrolhos, WA, to southern NSW.
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Three-spotted Swimmer Crab, *Portunus sanguinolentus*. © Queensland Museum, Peter Davie.
Three-spotted Swimmer Crab
Summary
The Three-spotted Swimmer Crab is common, trawled in Moreton Bay and adjacent coastal waters. Often swims at surface at night.
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Two-toned Fiddler Crab, *Gelasimus vomeris*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Two-toned Fiddler Crab
Summary
The Two-toned Fiddler Crab is common. It is found on unshaded sandy mud along lower tide levels of open bays and creeks, and isolated sand or mud banks. Occurs in northern Australia from Darwin, NT to Trial Bay, NSW.
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Convex Reef Crab, *Carpilius convexius*. © Queensland Museum, Jeff Wright.
Crabs
Summary
Crabs are one of the largest groups of crustaceans, and the most diverse in both shape and size. Considered to have first appeared in the Jurassic period (144-213 million years ago), the world fauna is now known to consist of more than 7000 species, of which nearly 1200 are known from Australia.
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Red Reef Lobster, *Enoplometopus occidentalis*. © Queensland Museum, Gary Cranitch.
Spiny Lobsters & Slipper Lobsters
Summary
Despite their name, the Australian spiny lobsters and slipper lobsters lack the large, powerful claws that are the hallmark of the marine 'clawed' lobsters from the northern hemisphere. The two most common families are the Palinuridae (spiny lobsters) and the Scyllaridae (slipper lobsters). Slipper lobsters such as the Moreton Bay Bug and the Smooth Fan Lobster are both commercially fished, as is the Ornate Spiny Lobster, although the latter is collected mostly by hand.
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Swift-footed Hermit, *Dardanus lagopodes*. © Queensland Museum, Neville Coleman.
Hermit Crabs, Squat Lobsters & allies
Summary
This diverse group of crustaceans is scientifically known as the Anomura. It includes the hermit crabs (superfamily Paguroidea), squat lobsters (superfamilies Galatheoidea and Chirostyloidea) and porcelain crabs (family Porcellanidae), amongst other less familiar anomuran groups. Anomurans are found in a wide variety of habitats, from the shoreline to the deep sea.
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Lamington Spiny Crayfish, *Euastacus sulcatus*. © Queensland Museum, Neville Coleman.
Common Freshwater & Terrestrial Crustaceans of Queensland
Summary
Queensland has a diverse range of freshwater and terrestrial environments, from outback deserts to tropical rainforests. Although crustaceans are primarily a marine group, there are many species of freshwater crayfish and crabs. Desert specialists, such as the remarkable Shield Shrimp, have eggs that can survive many years in the parched desert clay before hatching in their thousands when the rains finally come.
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Faxon’s Shrimp, *Solenocera faxoni*. © Queensland Museum, Neville Coleman.
Prawns & Shrimps
Summary
Prawns and shrimps are an incredibly diverse group, with around 4000 species known from around the world, and about 900 in Australia. While they are primarily marine, they can be found in a variety of environments, ranging from intertidal pools to deep-sea hydrothermal vents; however they also are common in estuaries and fresh water.
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Sand Yabby, *Cherax robustus*. Courtesy of Rob McCormack.
Sand Yabby
Summary
The Sand Yabby is semi-aquatic and burrows around the perimeter of sand lakes or along small creeks. It is restricted to coastal south-eastern Queensland as far north as Fraser Island.
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Giant Sentinel Crab, *Venitus latreillei*. Courtesy of Andrew Elliot.
Giant Sentinel Crab
Summary
The Giant Sentinel Crab has a large carapace with a strongly granular surface. It burrows on open mudflats in very soft mud from northern Australia south to Moreton Bay.
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Hairy Swimmer Crab, *Charybdis natator*. Courtesy of Ian Banks.
Hairy Swimmer Crab
Summary
The Hairy Swimmer Crab is a very stout, solidly built swimming crab that can grow to 145 mm in carapace width. It occurs in northern Australia from Exmouth Gulf, WA, to Sydney.
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