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Fiddler crab creating a mud plug

Pearse (1914)

Fiddler crab creating a mud plug: Pearse (1914) image
This drawing is from Pearse (1914). He labeled it Uca rathbunæ, which is now known as Tubuca coarctata. He was illustratraing how fiddler crabs created mud plugs to seal their burrows. The artist is listed as Hattie Wakeman.