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Fiddler crab closing a burrow with a plug of mud

Pearse (1912)

Fiddler crab closing a burrow with a plug of mud: Pearse (1912) image
This drawing is from Pearse (1912). He was illustrating how a crab pulled a plug of mud to close a burrow and does not specify which species is illustrated. The same drawing is reprinted by Pearse (1914); in this second article the drawing is credited to Tom Jones.