Light-blue soldier crab (Mictyris longicarpus).

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Light-blue soldier crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Unlike other crabs they have spherical bodies and walk forward not sideways. Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia

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Size: 3425px × 2290px
Location: Wilsons Promontory, Victoria, Australia
Photo credit: © Jean-Paul Ferrero/AUSCAPE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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