Red frog crab
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Red frog crabmay grow up to 15.0 centimetres (5.9 in) long, and may weigh up to 900 grams (2.0 lb). The carapace is wider at the front, reddish brown in color, with ten white spots. is easily distinguished from other crab species in its habitat due to its red carapace and elongated midsection..
Ranina ranina is mainly nocturnal, and remains buried in the sand during the day. They inhabit coastal waters along the east coast of Australia, in the coastal waters of south-western Mindanao, Philippines. These crabs are also found in the eastern coast of Africa, across the Indian Ocean to Indonesia, Japan and Hawaii and Vietnam. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Crab |
| subphylum | Crustacea | |
| class | Malacostraca | |
| order | Decapoda | |
| infraorder | Brachyura | |
| family | Raninidae | |
| genus | Ranina | |
| species | R. ranina |
