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and spend most of their life hidden from the light in order to avoid predation. At night, they become active hunters and scavengers. They will engage in fights over territory, especially between males. They should be housed with plenty of space, even individually, unless breeding is desired. Like
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and males have a narrow and slimmer plate while females have a broad plate on their belly and they might also be carrying around some fertilized eggs. Another difference between male and female crabs is in their claws: males have larger and brighter claws while females have smaller claws.
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can live up to 2 years, but they average about 1.5 years. They undergo molting in order to grow and recover lost legs and limbs within a few months of losing them. They can go through several molts during their lifetime.
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They often create their shelters by digging up small amounts of dirt near bodies of water. Though they are not generally thought of as true burrowers, they spend most of their time hidden in these dens.
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New species of “vampire crabs” (Geosesarma De Man, 1892) from central Java, Indonesia, and the identity of
Sesarma (Geosesarma) nodulifera De Man, 1892 (Crustacea, Brachyura, Thoracotremata, Sesarmidae)
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The vampire crabs of Java, with descriptions of five new species from Mount
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crabs living in the same natural habitat in Java, and they can all be easily identified by their bright and unusual colors. They are all known as
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They are land living, freshwater crabs from tropical areas and are endemic to
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