Mictyris platycheles explained

Mictyris platycheles is a species of crab found on mudflats on the east coast of Australia from Tasmania and Victoria to Queensland.[1] They live in large groups, so are commonly called soldier crabs.[2] Adults are 15mm across and similarly tall, and are coloured blue to blue-grey.[2] Mictyris platycheles gets its food by picking up balls of sands and putting it in its mouth, which filters out the food particles (detritus).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crabs . Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre . July 22, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110723061205/http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species%20Register/crabs.htm . July 23, 2011 . dead .
  2. Web site: Soldier Crab, Mictyris platycheles . . July 22, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120813182812/http://portphillipmarinelife.net.au/ . August 13, 2012 .

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