Crabs

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Crabs

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Brachyura

Size

Kusuka eka 5 mm kuya ka 4 m.

Nhlamuselo

Yina miri wo endla wonge i tandza yiva na tip here ta 5 ta milenge. Phere yosungula yi mila na minwala kambe yihambana hi vukulu. Nhlana wa yona wukomisiwile hikuva wunghene e nhanwini ya yona. Matihlo ya humile eka swimhandzani kambe ya kota no tlhelela endzeni. Mihlovo ya hambana swinene kusuka eka wotshuka, buraweni, wo basa, orenji, ntima, beige, mpunwa na wasi. Swicoticoti swiva kona kambe naswona swa hambana hambana.

Vuxokoxoko

Ndyangu wa kona intlawa wa makheche lawa ya pfumalaka ncila lowu vonakaka. Ya wela eka ntlawa wa Pleocyemata (lowu katsaka crabs, lobsters, crayfish na yanwana). Yotala ya famba hi tlhelo, ya tumbela eminkeleni na mabaku lawa yanga e hansi ka maribye. Matandza ya byameriwa hi lera xisati laha ritshamaka nawona eka milenge leyo hlambela kufikela ya ringanela ku tlhotlhora.

Swakudya

Swakudya swa yona swikatsa nkuxu, tixikwa na xwivungu xikanwe na swifufunhunu swale matini.

Kuhangalaka

Yikumeka eka malwandla yo hambana hambana na laha kungana mati yo tenga ya lwandle.

Common Species

Clown crab - Platypodiella spectabilis
Ghost crab - Ocypode ryderi
Pebble crab - Leucosia anatum