Eukaryota >Animalia > Arthropoda > Malacostraca > Decapoda > Varunidae > Hemigrapsus > Hemigrapsus sp.
Found between Cairns and Cape Tribulation
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Hemigrapsus sp - Female on way to lay eggs on Cape Kemberley Beach - Photo by Alex Pawlow
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Being of the Grapsoidea super family they are mainly terrestrial. You will often find them well away from the water, however they return to the ocean to breed where they lay their eggs in inter-tidal areas.
