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In the low lying <i>Rhizophora mucronata</i> stand, which is flooded by each high tide, the crab <i>Sesarma guttatum</i> (H. Milne Edwards) was responsible for most of the litter removal (consumption and burial). The availability of water in the <i>C. tagal</i> stand, caused by tidal inundation or by rainfall, was a determining factor in the amount of litter being removed. When the stand remained dry around neap tides, the median litter removal, as a percentage of the litter fall, was only 0.8%. Under wet conditions around spring tide this percentage was much higher: 41.6% by night and 25.2% by day, respectively. These figures reflect the behaviour of <i>T. palustris</i>, which is inactive under dry conditions in order to avoid desiccation. Median litter removal in the <i>R. mucronata</i> vegetation, expressed as a percentage of the litter fall, was 40.3% by day and 21.7% by night. No relation was observed between lunar cycle and activity of the litter processing crabs. 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