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It depends on the type of crab. For crabs like Mini Crabs, the male will have one large front claw and one small one, while females have two small ones. I am not sure about other crabs.

For most crabs, if you flip them onto their back, males tend to be flatter whereas females are rounder! When you put a male and a female together you can clearly tell which on is female, they have a bigger underside.

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Male on left, female on right


When talking about Mud Crabs.....each crab has a tai, When you turn the crab over, the male's tails is distinctly shaped like a triangle while the Jenny has a rounded tail!

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The female is always the larger of the clowns. The male is the smaller. If you get them when they are small enough, they actually have no real sex and it will be determined by which is more dominant. Then, if your large female dies, the male will actually take it's place and become a female.

If you are asking b/c you have eggs in your tank (as I do right now) the male, as far as I have seen, is more attentive and protective of the eggs. I am hoping to have some little clownies here very soon!

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A male has one large claw and a female has the same size of claws

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Males are bigger than females

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female crayfish have an egg pore

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