I have tried to id it but became confused. The crab on the photo looks more like an immature Uca perplexa (as of unbarred leg and lemon yellow color, pattern of dorsal carapace) though having superficial resemblance with Uca triangularis (due to angular spines of carapace).
Might be Uca (Austruca) perplexa (H. Milne Edwards, 1837) Wait for the expert comments.
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The species is not, Uca annulipes and it appears to be Uca (Austruca) perplexa,
for more clarification you can refer Shih et al 2016.
@Panakkool Thamban Aneesh
thanks for the assist.
As of Shih et al. 2016 (which is an excellent insight on this cryptic group), is there any chance that it can be of U.triangularis-U.bengali complex? Your perspective is much appreciated.
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