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| Swimming
crabs How to tell them apart? updated Dec 2019 Swamped by swimming crabs? Several different kinds of swimming crabs can be found on our shores. Here's more on how to tell them apart. |
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Nine 'teeth on the side of the
body shell, the last one is enlarged into a long spine. |
Eyes
are not far apart.
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Nine
'teeth' on the side of
the body shell, all of equal length |
Eyes
not far apart
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Six
'teeth' on the side of the
body shell, all of equal length. |
Eyes
are not far apart.
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Five'
teeth' on the
side of the body shell. |
The
eyes are very wide apart
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Five 'teeth' on the side of the body shell, body hairy which traps sand.
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The
eyes are wide apart
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5 'teeth' on the side of the body shell, tooth number four much smaller than the other teeth. Body not hairy. |
The
eyes are wide apart |
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Five
'teeth' on the side of the body shell, tooth number four much smaller than the other teeth. Body not hairy.
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The
eyes are very wide apart
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