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Blue Crab (Discoplax hirtipes). This land crab is common on Christmas Island, usually seen in close proximity of fresh water springs and mud patches. Photo taken Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
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Blue Crab (Discoplax hirtipes). This land crab is common on Christmas Island, usually seen in close proximity of fresh water springs and mud patches. Photo taken Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab or Coconut Crab (Birgus latro). A species of terrestrial Hermit Crab found throughout the Indian and Pacific Ocean, becoming rare. Photo taken on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia, where very common.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Giant Crab (Pseudocarcinus gigas), male. Also known as King Crab. A deep water species collected near the Continental Shelf by commercial fishers. Photo was taken in Tasmania, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Black Coral Crab (Quadrella maculosa), on Black Coral. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Boxer Crab (Lybia tessellata), female with eggs. Note: stinging Sea Anemones held in claws for use as defence. Found throughout the Indo Pacific. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus). This species covers its shell in Sea Anemones, providing camouflage and protection for the crab. Common throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus). This species covers its shell in Sea Anemones, providing camouflage and protection for the crab. Common throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Dardanus pedunculatus). This species covers its shell in Sea Anemones, providing camouflage and protection for the crab. Common throughout the Indo-West Pacific, including the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Rock Crab (Plagusia dentipes). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Squat Lobster (Galathea sp.), on Coralline Alga (Halimeda opuntia). Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Rock Crab (Plagusia dentipes), feeding on an Octopus that it just captured. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Box Crab (Calappa sp.), closed in lock position in defence. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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Box Crab (Calappa sp.), walking across a sandy bottom. Found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Photo taken off Anilao, Philippines. Within the Coral Triangle.
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External shells of Giant Spider Crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii), recently discarded during the annual winter moult in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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External shells of Giant Spider Crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii), recently discarded during the annual winter moult in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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External shells of Giant Spider Crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii), recently discarded during the annual winter moult in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
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External shells of Giant Spider Crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii), recently discarded during the annual winter moult in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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External shells of Giant Spider Crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii), recently discarded during the annual winter moult in Port Phillip Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Decorator or Spider Crab (Naxia aurita), covered in sea algae. Found in temperate Australian waters on shallow reefs and seagrass beds. Photo taken under Flinders Pier, Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Decorator or Spider Crab (Naxia aurita), covered in sea algae. Found in temperate Australian waters on shallow reefs and seagrass beds. Photo taken under Flinders Pier, Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Decorator or Spider Crab (Naxia aurita), covered in sea algae. Found in temperate Australian waters on shallow reefs and seagrass beds. Photo taken under Flinders Pier, Western Port Bay, Mornington Peninsula, Vic, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Reef Crab (Plagusia chabrus), resting on a pylon covered in sponge beneath Rye Pier. Mornington Peninsula, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia.
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