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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
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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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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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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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Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina). Also known as Kona Crab. Commercialy harvested. Photo taken in off Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina). Also known as Kona Crab. Commercialy harvested. Photo taken in off Maui, Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fiddler Crab (Uca sp.). Photo was taken on the island of Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab (Ciliopagurus strigatus), in old discarded cone shell. Photo taken off Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fiddler Crab (Uca sp.). Photo taken off Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Sponge Crab (Dromia dormia). Hawaii, Pacific Ocean, USA
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Fiddler Crab (Uca sp.). Photo was taken on the island of Yap, Micronesia.
© David Fleetham / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab existing in marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab existing in marine rubbish comprising of fishing material, footwear and other plastics. Cocos Keeling Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com |
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Hermit Crab existing in marine pollution rubbish trash garbage comprising of plastic bottles, footwear and fishing implements, washed ashore by tidal movement on a remote tropical island beach. Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean, Australia
© Inger Vandyke / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro) on the buttress roots of a giant Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro) on the buttress roots of a giant Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro) on the buttress roots of a giant Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro) on the buttress roots of a giant Strangler Fig Tree, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Robber Crab (Birgus latro) on Buttress Tree roots, situated in the rainforest on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australia.
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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Commensal Whip Spider Crab (Xenocarcinus tuberculatus) and Whip Shrimp (Dasycaris zanzibarica) on Whip Coral. Found in assocation with whip corals throughout the Indo-Pacific. Photo taken Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, Indonesia
© Gary Bell / OceanwideImages.com |
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