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Purple Rock Crab
Leptograpsus variegatus
25 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
Purple Shore CrabHemigrapsus nudus
Sally Lightfoot CrabGrapsus grapsus
Thin-shelled Rock CrabGrapsus tenuicrustatus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Australia | 1,930 |
|---|---|
| New South Wales | 1,281 |
| New Zealand | 524 |
| Western Australia | 360 |
| Chile | 201 |
| Auckland Region | 122 |
| Wellington Region | 115 |
| Northland Region | 92 |
| Tasmania | 77 |
| Taranaki Region | 71 |
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 | Leptograpsus |
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 Purple Rock Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.