Mictyris platycheles

Mictyris platycheles
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Mictyridae
Genus:	Mictyris
Species:	M. platycheles
Binomial name
	Mictyris platycheles; H. Milne-Edwards, 1852

Mictyris platycheles is a species of crab found on mudflats on the east coast of Australia from Tasmania and Victoria to Queensland.^[2] They live in large groups, so are commonly called soldier crabs.^[3] Adults are 15 mm (0.59 in) across and similarly tall, and are coloured blue to blue-grey.^[3] Mictyris platycheles gets its food by picking up balls of sands and putting it in its mouth, which filters out the food particles (detritus).

References[]

^ Peter Davie (2010). "Mictyris platycheles H. Milne Edwards, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ "Crabs". Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Soldier Crab, Mictyris platycheles". Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

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[1] Peter Davie (2010). "Mictyris platycheles H. Milne Edwards, 1852". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[2] "Crabs". Woodbridge Marine Discovery Centre. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

[MV-3] "Soldier Crab, Mictyris platycheles". Museum Victoria. Archived from the original on August 27, 2012. Retrieved July 22, 2011.

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