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Giant Spider Crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii) - mating aggregation. Southern Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia
© Bill Boyle / OceanwideImages.com |
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Batwing Crab (Carpilius corallinus) in Palm Beach, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus). Found in the Gulf of Mexico and North America. Photo taken Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), mating pair. Found in the Gulf of Mexico and North America. Photo taken Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), mating pair. Found in the Gulf of Mexico and North America. Photo taken Lake Worth Lagoon, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Florida Stone Crab (Menippe mercenaria), crawling over the sandy bottom of the Palm Beach Inlet, Singer Island, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis), photographed inside a sea anemone (Condylactis gigantea) offshore Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Bar-Eyed Hermit Crab (Dardanus fucosus), with Sea Anemones attached to its refuge shell house. Photo taken off Singer Island, Florida, USA.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Puget Sound King Crab (Lopholithodes mandtii), juvenile in anemones. Photo was taken at Browning Passage, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Puget Sound King Crab (Lopholithodes mandtii), in a bed of anemones. Photo was taken off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta), in a kelp forest situated in Browning Passage, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
© Michael Patrick O'Neill / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro). Also known as Coconut Crab. Christmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro) - in rain forest. Also known as Coconut Crab. Christmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro). Also known as Coconut Crab. Blow Holes, Christmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - in rain forest. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - in beach cave. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach rock. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach rock. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - crossing a road. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach rock. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crabs (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - on beach rock. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - female crab with eggs. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae migrating past adults into forest. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae migrating past adults into forest. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae. Masses of crab larvae on shoreline after exiting water. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. Estimated 120 million live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae. Masses of crab larvae on shoreline after exiting water. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. Estimated 120 million live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. It is estimated that as many as 120 million crabs live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae. Masses of crab larvae on shoreline after exiting water. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. Estimated 120 million live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae. Masses of crab larvae on shoreline after exiting water. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. Estimated 120 million live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Christmas Island Red Crab Gecarcoidea natalis) - larvae. Masses of crab larvae on shoreline after exiting water. A species of terrestrial crab endemic to Cristmas Island, situated in the Indian Ocean, Australia. Estimated 120 million live on the island.
© Justin Gilligan / OceanwideImages.com |
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Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella picta), resting between the blades of the Seapen (Pteroeides sp.). Photo taken off Komodo, Indonesia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Red Liomera Crab (Liomera rubra). Female with eggs, resting in a Slate Pensil Sea Urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus). Photo taken at Hawaii, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Graspus graspus), searching for algae in the intertidal zone. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Equador.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sally Lightfoot Crabs (Graspus graspus), searching for algae in the intertidal zone. Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos, Equador.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coconut Crab (Birgus latro), on the trunk of a coconut palm. This crab is sought after and eaten by islanders of the Pacific region. Photo taken at Atutaki, The Cook Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Crab (Unknown species), on a Pin Cushion Sea Star (Culcita novaguineae). Photo taken off Hawaii, Pacific Ocean.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Porcelain Crab (Neopetrolisthes sp.) - on a Sea Pen. Found throughout the Indo-Pacific.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Gorgonian Crab (Xenocarcinus depressus), on a gorgonian coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at the Fijian Islands.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Coral Hermit Crab (Paguritta sp.), living in a hole in hard coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo taken at Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spider Crab in Alcyonarian Soft Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific, Including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Photo was taken at Raja Ampat, Indonesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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