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pictoral index
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Lifeforms are arranged by typical size and by their most common location.
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Pictoral index
introduction

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Animals A-Z
Plants A-Z
 
body
width
Crabs and crab-like creatures,
Shrimps and prawns
1-3cm
Sea slater
rocky shore
Porcelain crab
rocky shore
1-3cm
Fiddler crab
sandy shore
seagrass lagoon
Sand bubbler crab
sandy shore
Tidal hermit crab
seagrass lagoon
sand bar
coral rubble area
Soldier crab
sand bar
1-3cm
Leaf porter crab
seagrass lagoon
Elbow crab
seagrass lagoon
Spider crab
seagrass lagoon
Sponge crab
seagrass lagoon
coral rubble area

3-5cm
Land hermit crab
mangroves
sandy shore
Purple climber crab
rocky shore
Snapping shrimp
rocky shore
seagrass lagoon
coral rubble area
Shrimp
rocky shore
seagrass lagoon
coral rubble area
3-5cm
Striped hermit crab
seagrass lagoon
sand bar
coral rubble area
Striped hermit crab
seagrass lagoon
sand bar
coral rubble area
Moon crab
sand bar
 
3-5cm
Common hairy crab
coral rubble area
Velcro crab
coral rubble area

5-10cm
Green swimming crab
coral rubble area
Sponge crab
seagrass lagoon
coral rubble area
Mantis shrimp
seagrass lagoon

10-15cm
Orange swimming crab
coral rubble area
Stone or Thunder crab
rocky shore
coral rubble area

20cm or more
Mud lobster
mangroves
Horseshoe crab
mangroves
seagrass lagoon
Flower crab
seagrass lagoon

 

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