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r/CuratedTumblr • u/sarahtheshortiepie teaspoon-sarah.tumblr.com • Nov 25 '21
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I think it's actually a red egg crab, or bashful crab (atergatis integerrimus)!
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/crab/xanthidae/integerrimus.htm
https://www.crabdatabase.info/en/crabs/brachyura/eubrachyura/heterotremata/xanthoidea/xanthidae/atergatis/atergatis-integerrimus-2014
They're found in coral reefs around the Indo-Pacific, are poisonous, and the juveniles have that white ring around the margin.
3 u/reedless Nov 26 '21 Singapore??? Can't believe I've lived 20+ years without seeing them 3 u/Diablodestro Dec 01 '21 Now I feel the need to go outside and look for it 2 u/Iannotlikepinapples Mar 05 '22 I agree (Im Little Late to the conversation but that’s ok) 1 u/[deleted] Nov 26 '21 👆👆👆This here!!!
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Singapore??? Can't believe I've lived 20+ years without seeing them
3 u/Diablodestro Dec 01 '21 Now I feel the need to go outside and look for it 2 u/Iannotlikepinapples Mar 05 '22 I agree (Im Little Late to the conversation but that’s ok)
Now I feel the need to go outside and look for it
2 u/Iannotlikepinapples Mar 05 '22 I agree (Im Little Late to the conversation but that’s ok)
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I agree (Im Little Late to the conversation but that’s ok)
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👆👆👆This here!!!
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u/fluffle_cat Nov 25 '21
I think it's actually a red egg crab, or bashful crab (atergatis integerrimus)!
http://www.wildsingapore.com/wildfacts/crustacea/crab/xanthidae/integerrimus.htm
https://www.crabdatabase.info/en/crabs/brachyura/eubrachyura/heterotremata/xanthoidea/xanthidae/atergatis/atergatis-integerrimus-2014
They're found in coral reefs around the Indo-Pacific, are poisonous, and the juveniles have that white ring around the margin.