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Uca dussumieri
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Carapace is sepia blue with dark green irregular markings. Major chela with lower half of palm light brown or brown red, upper part pale grey. Fixed finger brown dactylus pale yellow tips of two fingers white. Ambulatory legs dark like carapace with dactyli yellow gold. Present on the palm of the chela are strong granules (less than on manus) extending onto the finger. Fingers terminate in a single tip. Fixed figure without medial tooth.
Vernacular name: Purple fiddler crab.