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Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kelimpahan relatif dan preferensi habitat kepiting mangrove Famili Ocypodidae (Uca spp.)di zona intertidal di Kabonga Kecil, Donggala, Sulawesi Tengah. Koleksi sampel dilaksanakan pada bulan Januari 2017 menggunakan metode purposive sampling pada 4 stasiun. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat 6 spesies kepiting genus Uca di Kabonga Kecil yaitu Uca annulipes,U. triangularis, U. perplexa, U. dussumieri, U. demani, dan U. vocans yang tersebar pada 3 tipe habitat yaitu substrat berlumpur, substrat berpasir dan substrat pasirberlumpur.Kelimpahan dari masing-masing spesies adalah U. dussumieri 75%; U. demani100%; U. demani 68,67%; dan 4: U. dussumieri 67,65% berturut-turut dari stasiun 1 sampai 4. Hutan mangrove di Kabonga Kecil memiliki suhu substrat yang berkisar antara 26ºC ‒ 30ºC sedangkan pH berkisar antara 5,0% ‒ 6,1%.
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