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Gulfweed Crab
Planes minutus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Striped Shore CrabPachygrapsus crassipes
Sargassum Swimming CrabPortunus sayi
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Loggerhead Sea TurtleCaretta caretta
Drifter CrabPlanes marinus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 112 |
|---|---|
| Australia | 98 |
| Spain | 89 |
| Canarias | 73 |
| New Zealand | 52 |
| Western Australia | 50 |
| Hawaii | 36 |
| Portugal | 34 |
| New South Wales | 34 |
| South Africa | 28 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostracans · Malacostraca |
| Order | Decapods · Decapoda |
| Family | Shore Crabs · Grapsidae |
| Genus | Planes |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Gulfweed Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.