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Reef Crab (Carpilius maculatus). Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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Spiny Deep Sea Crab (Possibly: Hypothalassia sp.). This crab probably belongs to the Family: Menippidae and is found in depths at around 550 metres. This specimen was captured in a nautilus pot set in deep water off Osprey Reef, Coral Sea, Australia.
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Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella triloba) amongst Soft Coral polyps. Also known as Soft Coral Crab. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Crab (Uncertain species). Bali, Indonesia
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Red-spotted Trapeze Crab (Trapezia rufopunctata). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spider Crab (Naxioides sp.) on Soft Coral. Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Elegant Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on Crinoid Featherstar. Also known as Crinoid Crab. Bali, Indonesia
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata). Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use in defence. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata) - female with eggs. Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use in defence. Bali, Indonesia
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata) - female with eggs. Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use in defence. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata). Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use in defence. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Google-eyed Fairy Crab (Galathea sp.). Also known as Squat Lobster. Bali, Indonesia
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata). Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use in defence. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Shore Crab (Percnon quinotae). Also known as Huntsman Crab. Bali, Indonesia
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Fairy Crab (Lauriea siagiani), on giant Barrel Sponge. Also known as Hairy Squat Lobster. Bali, Indonesia
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Elegant Squat Lobster (Allogalathea elegans) on Crinoid Featherstar. Also known as Crinoid Crab. Sulawesi, Indonesia
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Spotted Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) feeding on suspended plankton. Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Fairy Crab (Lauriea siagiani), on giant Barrel Sponge. Also known as Hairy Squat Lobster. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Elbow Crab (Harrovia elegans) on Crinoid Featherstar. Bali, Indonesia
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Spotted Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes maculata) in sea anemone, feeding on suspended plankton. Bali, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Blue Porcelain Crab (Porcellana sp.). Bali, Indonesia
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Spiny Stone Crab (Lithodes murrayi) - juvenile amongst Brachiopods. Deep sea species, range 100 - 1000 metres. Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic
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Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) - decorated in encrusting Sponge and Tunicate. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Candy Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii) - decorated in Soft Coral. Also known as Soft Coral or Dendronephthya Crab. Bali, Indonesia
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Green Arrowhead Crab (Possibly: Huenia heraldica) - decorated in Coralline alga (Halimeda opuntia). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a Textile Cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a shell. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Aniculus maximum) - living in a shell. Bali Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Trizopagurus strigatus) - living in cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Trizopagurus strigatus) - living in cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a Spider shell. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus guttatus) - living in a cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a shell. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral Hermit Crab (Paguritta sp.) - living in Coral. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Trizopagurus strigatus) - living in cone shell. Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus lagopodes) - living in a shell. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Trizopagurus strigimanus). Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Stone Hermit Crab (Cancellus typus) - living in a hole excavated in soft stone. Edithburgh, South Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Sequence 1: Burying itself in estuary sand. Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Sequence 2: Burying itself in esturary sand. Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Sequence 3: Burying itself in estuary sand. Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris longicarpus). Stradbroke Island, Queensland, Australia
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