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Leptograpsus variegatus (Purple rock crab)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Leptograpsus variegatus, known as the purple rock crab, is a marine large-eyed crab of the family Grapsidae, found in southern subtropical Indo-Pacific Oceans. It grows to around 50 millimetres (2.0 in) shell width. It is the only species in the genus Leptograpsus.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptograpsus variegatus

Predators

Cinclodes nigrofumosus (Chilean Seaside Cinclodes)[1]
Octopus mimus[2]
Tringa incana (Wandering Tattler)[3]

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Citations

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♦ 1Terrestrial birds living on marine environments: does dietary composition of Cinclodes nigrofumosus (Passeriformes: Furnariidae) predict their osmotic load?, PABLO SABAT, JOSÉ M. FARIÑA & MAURICIO SOTO-GAMBOA, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 76: 335-343, 2003
♦ 2Feeding dynamics of Octopus mimus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in northern Chile waters, T. Cortez, B.G. Castro, A. Guerra, Marine Biology (1995) 123: 497-503
♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0