Image of speckled crab
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Seen at 9:31 am Scientific name - Arenaeus cribrarius Niche - acts as a scavenger and recycles nutrients in dead organisms, host to parasitic barnacles, mesopredator, and food for larger predators Range - Found on the Atlantic coast of North, Central, and South America; from Massachusetts to Brazil Habitat - live near the sandy beach shores in up to 68 m of water
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- Arenaeus cribrarius (speckled crab)
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