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Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Order Decapoda > Brachyurans > Superfamily Ocypodoidea > Genus Uca
Red eyed fiddler crab
awaiting identification*
Family Ocypodidae
updated Mar 11
Where seen? This fiddler crab with red eyes on a dark eye stalk and a rather short and stout enlarged pincer is seen in the back mangroves.

Features: Body width 1-1.5cm. Body somewhat triangular. Red eyes on a pale or yellow eye stalk.

Chek Jawa, Sep 09

Chek Jawa, Sep 09

Red eyed fiddler crabs on Singapore shores

Chek Jawa, Sep 09

Chek Jawa, Sep 09

Chek Jawa, Sep 09


Chek Jawa, Dec 09

Chek Jawa, Dec 09

Chek Jawa, Dec 09


Chek Jawa, Jan 10

Chek Jawa, Jan 10

Chek Jawa, Jan 11


Chek Jawa, Jan 10

Chek Jawa, Jan 10

Chek Jawa, Jan 11


Chek Jawa, Jan 11

Chek Jawa, Jan 11

Chek Jawa, Jan 11


Chek Jawa, Mar 11

Chek Jawa, Mar 11

Chek Jawa, Mar 11


Pasir Ris Park, Apr 10

Pasir Ris Park, Apr 10

*Species are difficult to positively identify without close examination.
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