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Racer Mangrove Crab

Goniopsis pulchra

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 24, February 22, March 7, April 55, May 61, June 26, July 34, August 28, September 28, October 31, November 20, December 22.
Mexico358
Costa Rica284
Provincia Puntarenas211
Sinaloa108
Jalisco73
Provincia Guanacaste72
Nayarit62
Colombia46
Sonora33
Ecuador30

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
OrderDecapods · Decapoda
FamilyShore Crabs · Grapsidae
GenusGoniopsis

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