Habitat

Solider crabs are found in the intertidal environment of mudflats, mangroves, estuaries and sheltered sandy beaches(Cameron, 1966). Populations have also been found to inhabit man-made canals.

Photographs of all possible habitat locations of M. longicarpus: top left-man made canal, top right-mangrove forest, bottom- sandy beach. All original photographs taken by Kate Buchanan, 2014, in Scarborough, QLD.