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File:ReservaBiologicaComboios CassiaDosAnjos 01.jpg[edit]
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- Gallery: Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods#Order : Decapoda (Crabs, Shrimps and Relatives)
Info created and uploaded by Cassiaanjos - nominated by Arion -- 😄 ArionEstar 😜 18:08, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
Support -- 😄 ArionEstar 😜 18:08, 27 July 2023 (UTC)
Comment While we consider this nomination, some information from w:Cardisoma guanhumi: Cardisoma guanhumi, also known as the blue land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtopical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil and Colombia, through the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, to the Bahamas, and north to Ponce Inlet, Florida[3] Princess Place Preserve on the Palm Coast, and Bermuda. The species varies in colour from dark blue to brown or pale grey, and may grow to 15 centimetres (6 in) in carapace width and weigh over 500 grams (18 oz). Not to be confused with the (non-land) Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus, or blue land crabs in the Discoplax genus. So this is a fairly small photo and the crab is medium-sized, as the size of the carapace does not include the legs, etc. The distribution of this species seems pretty widespread. The Wikipedia article further states that "[r]elatively cold water in the winter, less than 20 °C (68 °F), affects larval survival and restricts the species' possibility of spreading further north," so it wouldn't be surprising if it is benefiting from global warming, but at the very least, such cold water has decreased. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 20:32, 27 July 2023 (UTC)- Support --SHB2000 (talk) 07:44, 28 July 2023 (UTC)
- Comment Too much of the surroundings - the image would be too small and have too little definition if cropped to show the crab properlyCharlesjsharp (talk) 00:33, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
- There're mangrove roots and sand, which are the habitat of the crab. 😄 ArionEstar 😜 17:38, 29 July 2023 (UTC)
Oppose per Charles ... background is too busy and image would be too small if most of it was cropped out. Daniel Case (talk) 17:37, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
I withdraw my nomination 😄 ArionEstar 😜 15:12, 4 August 2023 (UTC)
