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Black-Fingered Mud Crab
Panoeius herbstii
Where it was photographed - Snake Creek are of the Sedge Islands
Though little known, the black-fingered mud crab is the most numerous of the non-swimming crabs in the bay.
The Black-fingered Mud Crab grows to be about an inch and a half across its head. Like
all crabs, the black-fingered mud crab breathes oxygen through gills. These crabs live
completely under water, unlike other species of semi-terrestrial crabs
such as the fiddler crab. They live primarily up against banks and in
algae, feeding on other small invertebrates, such as worms, clams and
other crabs.
The Black-fingered Mud Crab represents
another of the plethora of the organisms that thrive via the nutrients of the
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