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Decorator Crab (Camposcia retusa) - decorated in encrusting Sponge and Tunicate. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
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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
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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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Harlequin Crab (Lissocarcinus orbicularis). Commensal Crab living on a Sea Cucumber. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red-spotted Trapeze Crab (Trapezia rufopunctata). Bali, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Crab (Carpilius convexus). Bali, Indonesia
© 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
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Whip Spider Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) on Whip Coral. Bali, Indonesia
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Temperate Crab (Munida haswelli) resting on Bryozoan (Celleporaria sp.). Also known as Squat Lobster. Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Blue Crab (Cardisoma hirtipes). A terrestrial crab Endemic to Christmas Island, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis). A terrestrial crab Endemic to Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex) and Red Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlata) - feeding on an opened coconut. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Land Crab (Cardisoma carnifex) and Red Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlata) - feeding on an opened coconut. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
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Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma). Also known as Stalk-eyed Ghost Crab. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
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Horn-eyed Ghost Crab (Ocypode ceratophthalma) - on beach coral rubble. Also known as Stalk-eyed Ghost Crab. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlata). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlata). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Hermit Crab (Coenobita perlata). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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An unusual aggregation of Red Hermit Crabs (Coenobita perlata). Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spider Crab (Naxia aurita) - with sea algae attached to its carapace to provide camouflage from predators. Found on reefs from Houtman Abrolhos, WA, to Vic, including Tas, Australia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Spider Crab (Leptomithrax gaimardii) - amongst sea grass. Found in Albany, WA, to Sydney, NSW, including Tas. Usually in deep water, but seasonally seen aggregating in shallow water. Australia
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Xanthid Crab (Actaea peronii) - also known as Stone Crab, resting on encrusting ascidian (Botrylloides leachi). Found on rocky reefs throughout southern WA to Port Stephens, NSW, Australia
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