Christmas Island blue crab (Discoplax celeste)

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Christmas Island blue crab (Discoplax celeste), attacking Christmas island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis). Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (Australian Territory)

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Size: 3425px × 2255px
Location: Christmas Island, Indian Ocean (Australian Territory)
Photo credit: © Jean-Paul Ferrero/AUSCAPE / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: battle, battling, blue, burrower, cardisoma, christmas, crab, crustacean, decapoda, defending, discoplax, endemic, fight, gecarcinidae, hairy, herbivore, hirtipes, invertebrate, island, land, littoral, malacostraca, semiterrestrial, terrestrial