Light-blue soldier crabs (Mictyris longicarpus), group. They gather in huge numbers (’armies’) on intertidal sand and mud flats and their blue coloure

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Light-blue soldier crabs (Mictyris longicarpus), group. They gather in huge numbers (’armies’) on intertidal sand and mud flats and their blue coloured carapace resembles a military tunic, hence their name. Can burrow quickly into the sand using a sideways corkscrew-like motion. New South Wales, Australia

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