- Mictyris platycheles
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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 Australian mudflats. It is found on the east coast of Australia from Tasmania and Victoria to Queensland.[2] They live in large groups and are therefore commonly called soldier crabs.[3] Adults are 15 millimetres (0.6 in) across and similarly tall, and are coloured blue to blue-grey.[3] Mictyris platycheles get their food by picking up balls of sands and putting it in their mouths, which will filter out the nutrition the crabs need for survival.
References
- ^ Peter Davie (2010). "Mictyris platycheles H. Milne Edwards, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444982. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ "Crabs". Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre. http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species%20Register/crabs.htm. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ^ a b "Soldier Crab, Mictyris platycheles". Museum Victoria. http://museumvictoria.com.au/crust/mov1421t.html. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
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