River Swimming Crab
Varuna litterata
Features
Squarish, flattened crab; flattened legs fringed with long hair on inside edge of last two segments. To 55 mm across.
Notes
Under rocks in shallow water; from estuarine mangroves up-river to fresh water. Good swimmer. Northern Australia to Brisbane, Qld; East Africa to Japan.
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