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National Natural Monument
Crustaceans
Milky Fiddler Crab
Austruca lactea
The milky fiddler crab is a small crab whose male has one oversized white claw, waved on tidal flats to attract females. It lives in burrows and retreats into them as the tide rises. The Manose River estuary in Kagoshima is a Natural Monument for its hibiscus stand and tidal-flat community, in which this crab is a signature animal.
- Scientific name
- Austruca lactea
- Group
- Crustaceans
- Prefectures
- Kagoshima
- 日本語
- ハクセンシオマネキ
- 简体中文
- 乳白旷招潮蟹
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The Milky Fiddler Crab is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kagoshima.
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