Biology:Mictyris platycheles
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Short description: Species of crab
| Mictyris platycheles | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Mictyridae |
| Genus: | Mictyris |
| Species: | M. platycheles
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| Binomial name | |
| Mictyris platycheles H. Milne-Edwards, 1852 [1]
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Mictyris platycheles is a species of crab found on mudflats on the east coast of Australia from Tasmania and Victoria to Queensland.[2] They live in large groups, so are commonly called soldier crabs.[3] Adults are 15 mm (0.59 in) across and similarly tall, and are coloured blue to blue-grey.[3] Mictyris platycheles gets its food by picking up balls of sands and putting it in its mouth, which filters out the food particles (detritus).
References
- ↑ Peter Davie (2010). "Mictyris platycheles H. Milne Edwards, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=444982. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ↑ "Crabs". Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre. http://www.woodbridge.tased.edu.au/mdc/Species%20Register/crabs.htm. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Soldier Crab, Mictyris platycheles". Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on August 13, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120813182812/http://portphillipmarinelife.net.au/. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
Wikidata ☰ Q4044247 entry
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