Australia corab system

Austrothelphusa transversa

Austrothelphusa transversa (von Martens, 1868), also known as the inland crab, freshwater crab, or tropical freshwater crab [3] is a species of freshwater crab endemic to Australia. [1] A. transversa is the most widely-dispersed species of its genus, as it has adaptations giving it a high tolerance to drought and arid conditions.

Coral reef studies and coastal marine systems

Ningaloo Reef is a major coral reef system rivaling the Great Barrier Reef of northeastern Australia that provides a central focus for our research and teaching in marine geoscience. Research activities focus on important aspects such as understanding how changing ocean temperatures and pH affect the ability of marine organisms to grow their

Coral reef studies and coastal marine systems

Ningaloo Reef is a major coral reef system rivaling the Great Barrier Reef of northeastern Australia that provides a central focus for our research and teaching in marine geoscience. Research activities focus on important aspects such as understanding how changing ocean

Crabs

Though some shore crabs can run sideways at great speed, most crabs can move in any direction they choose, belying the popular myth. Considered to have first appeared in the Jurassic period (144-213 million years ago), the world fauna is now known to consist of more than 7000

A Life on the Ocean Waves

Crabs are perhaps the best known of all the crustaceans. There are approximately 6500 named crab species worldwide, 950 of which can be found in Australia. The Australian Museum holds examples of over 1000 crab species in its Marine Invertebrate collection.

Creature Feature: Coral Crabs

Living on the coral reefs of Western Australia is a group of specialised crabs that live in a symbiotic relationship with branching hard-corals like Pocillopora and Acropora. This group of crabs, collectively known as coral crabs, is made up from two closely related families: Trapeziidae and Tetraliidae.

Crabs

Though some shore crabs can run sideways at great speed, most crabs can move in any direction they choose, belying the popular myth. Considered to have first appeared in the Jurassic period (144-213 million years ago), the world fauna is now known to consist of more than 7000 species, of which nearly 1200 are known from Australia.

Creature Feature: Coral Crabs

Living on the coral reefs of Western Australia is a group of specialised crabs that live in a symbiotic relationship with branching hard-corals like Pocillopora and Acropora. This group of crabs, collectively known as coral crabs, is made up

Coast to Coral The Wonderful World of Crabs and their diversity

The first human name for a crab dates back to the Sumerians around 3000 yrs BC, and since then we have described around 7,300 species worldwide, and about 1,000 species have been recorded from Australia.

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