Mictyris platycheles
| Mictyris platycheles | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Mictyridae |
| Genus: | Mictyris |
| Species: | M. platycheles |
| Binomial name | |
| Mictyris platycheles H. Milne-Edwards, 1852 [1] | |
Mictyris platycheles is a species of crab found on mudflats on the east coast of Australia from Tasmania and Victoria to Queensland.[2] They live in large groups, so are commonly called soldier crabs.[3] Adults are 15 mm (0.59 in) across and similarly tall, and are coloured blue to blue-grey.[3] Mictyris platycheles gets its food by picking up balls of sands and putting it in its mouth, which filters out the food particles (detritus).
References
- ↑ Peter Davie (2010). "Mictyris platycheles H. Milne Edwards, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Crabs". Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Soldier Crab, Mictyris platycheles". Museum Victoria. Retrieved July 22, 2011.