🦋 Family

Mictyridae

3 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Malacostraca › Decapoda › Mictyridae

Mictyris longicarpus is a small, colorful soldier crab found across the Indo-Pacific and Australian coasts that feeds on small sand organisms.

Mictyris brevidactylus is a gregarious crab found across parts of East and Southeast Asia, with distinct coloration for adults and juveniles.

Mictyris platycheles, commonly called soldier crab, is a small blue-grey crab found on Australian east coast mudflats.

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