Hard to tell with the carapace in shadow but I believe that is Uca pugnax not U. pugilator.
Marilyn · 11 June 2013
drmsrosenberg said:
Hard to tell with the carapace in shadow but I believe that is Uca pugnax not U. pugilator.
Is that because the boot is on the other foot.
Peter · 11 June 2013
drmsrosenberg said:
Hard to tell with the carapace in shadow but I believe that is Uca pugnax not U. pugilator.
It could very well be. I'm not a crab guy. It was my best guess.
As an interesting side note, this picture was taken almost 10 years ago on our honeymoon. My wife and I were married 10 years ago on a spot overlooking Marconi Beach, not very far from where we photographed this little guy. We're going back to Cape Cod in a couple of weeks for our anniversary. Thanks for posting this.
phhht · 11 June 2013
Once they were men. Now they are land crabs.
-- Attack of the Crab Monsters
Marilyn · 12 June 2013
I wonder if fossils of such could still be found on top of mountains.
apokryltaros · 12 June 2013
Marilyn said:
I wonder if fossils of such could still be found on top of mountains.
Fossils of crabs on mountains do not suggest that they were put there via a cataclysmic flood. Fossils of crabs on mountains suggest that they or their corpses were buried in mud or some other sediment, and then uplifted upwards over the course of millions of years.
If fossils of crabs on mountains were deposited there via a cataclysmic flood, then they or their corpses would have been dashed into unrecognizable crumbs via extraordinarily violent water turbulence, and they would also not be completely embedded in solid, either.
Not that creationists ever bother to care about such ramifications about their idle speculations.
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https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 10 June 2013
I'm thinking "pinchilator" might be a more appropriate species name.
Glen Davidson
Henry J · 10 June 2013
That guy looks rather crabby!
ksplawn · 10 June 2013
"Who Ucallin' a pugilator, bub?"
drmsrosenberg · 11 June 2013
Hard to tell with the carapace in shadow but I believe that is Uca pugnax not U. pugilator.
Marilyn · 11 June 2013
Peter · 11 June 2013
phhht · 11 June 2013
Once they were men. Now they are land crabs.
-- Attack of the Crab Monsters
Marilyn · 12 June 2013
I wonder if fossils of such could still be found on top of mountains.
apokryltaros · 12 June 2013