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| Lopholithodes mandtii Puget Sound King Crab amid a field of plumose anemones and red kelp, Queen Charlotte Strait, Canada. Image ID: 34348 Species: Puget Sound King Crab, Lopholithodes mandtii Location: British Columbia, Canada | Hermit Crab, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35356 Location: British Columbia, Canada | Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes. Image ID: 13689 Species: Red Irish Lord, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus |
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| Epaulette shark. The epaulette shark is primarily nocturnal, hunting for crabs, worms and invertebrates by crawling across the bottom on its overlarge fins. Image ID: 14958 Species: Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum | Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean. Image ID: 02247 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: San Diego, California, USA | Sally Lightfoot crab. Image ID: 01896 Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest. Image ID: 10218 Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21612 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Lopholithodes mandtii, Puget Sound King Crab, Hornby Island, Canada. Image ID: 32822 Species: Puget Sound King Crab, Lopholithodes mandtii Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 30982 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 06068 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 06077 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA |
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| A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25663 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25665 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21609 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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| A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25576 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool. Image ID: 06062 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool. Image ID: 06065 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA |
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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21622 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21640 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 30980 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA |
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| Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 30981 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach. Image ID: 30983 Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes Location: Ocean Beach, California, USA | A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25525 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Crabeater seal resting on pack ice. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25530 Species: Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25577 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Crabeater seal resting on pack ice. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25579 Species: Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Crabeater seal resting on pack ice. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25580 Species: Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Crabeater seal resting on pack ice. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25581 Species: Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25582 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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