The Fish and Wildlife Service's Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, is home to the fiddler crab. Male fiddler crabs are brighter in color, having a purple grey or blue carapace with irregular markings of black or brown. The females have equal-sized claws and generally have a much more subdued coloration on their carapaces. Being that they are crabs they are considered decapods or animals with ten limbs; although both of their claws are not referred to as legs, they are actually chelipeds or claws. Males have a common characteristic of one large pincer. March 29, 2021, Sanibel Isla
The Fish and Wildlife Service's Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, is home to the fiddler crab. Male fiddler crabs are brighter in color, having a purple grey or blue carapace with irregular markings of black or brown. The females have equal-sized claws and generally have a much more subdued coloration on their carapaces. Being that they are crabs they are considered decapods or animals with ten limbs; although both of their claws are not referred to as legs, they are actually chelipeds or claws. Males have a common characteristic of one large pincer. March 29, 2021, Sanibel Island, Florida.
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