Varunid
crabs
Family
Varunidae
updated
Dec 2019
Where
seen? These crabs are seen near mangroves
and freshwater streams.
Features: Small crabs that are
often overlooked. |
| Some Varunid
crabs on Singapore shores |
Family
Varunidae recorded for Singapore
from
Wee Y.C. and Peter K. L. Ng. 1994. A First Look at Biodiversity
in Singapore
++from The Biodiversity of Singapore, Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum.
+Other additions (Singapore Biodiversity Records, etc)
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+Eriocheir sinensis (Chinese mitten crab)
Metaplax
crenulata
Metaplax elegans (Orange signaller
crab)
Metaplax sheni
Thalassograpsus harpax
Utica sp.
Varuna yui (Paddler crab)
++Varuna cf. litterata |
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Links
References
- Tan Heok Hui. 5 December 2014. Chinese mitten crab at West Coast marsh pond, Eriocheir sinensis. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2014: 313.
- Bi Wei Low, Ngan Kee NG, Darren CJ Yeo. February 2013. First record of the invasive Chinese mitten crab, Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1853 (Crustacea: Brachyura: Varunidae) from Singapore. BioInvasions Records 2(1):73–78. DOI: 10.3391/bir.2013.2.1.13.
- Lim, S.,
P. Ng, L. Tan, & W. Y. Chin, 1994. Rhythm of the Sea: The Life
and Times of Labrador Beach. Division of Biology, School of
Science, Nanyang Technological University & Department of Zoology,
the National University of Singapore. 160 pp.
- Wee Y.C.
and Peter K. L. Ng. 1994. A First Look at Biodiversity in Singapore.
National Council on the Environment. 163pp.
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