Crab photos

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Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean, Pleuroncodes planipes, San Diego, California
Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02247  
Sally Lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Sally Lightfoot crab.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 01896  
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta, San Nicholas Island
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.
Species: Northern kelp crab, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10218  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06068  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06077  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06062  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06065  
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles, Grapsus grapsus, North Seymour Island
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16604  
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, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta, San Nicholas Island
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.
Species: Northern kelp crab, Macrocystis pyrifera, Pugettia producta
Location: San Nicholas Island, California
Image ID: 10219  
Hermit crab. Hermit crabs wear shells to protect their soft abdomens, which are asymmetrical and curved to fit the spiral shape of their shell. Like all crabs, hermit crabs are decapods; they have five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. One claw is much larger than the other, the hermit crab uses it for defense and food shredding while it uses the smaller claw for eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell, Pagurus
Hermit crab. Hermit crabs wear shells to protect their soft abdomens, which are asymmetrical and curved to fit the spiral shape of their shell. Like all crabs, hermit crabs are decapods; they have five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. One claw is much larger than the other, the hermit crab uses it for defense and food shredding while it uses the smaller claw for eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell.
Species: Hermit crab, Pagurus
Image ID: 13693  
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Image ID: 13996  
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Image ID: 13997  
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Image ID: 13998  
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle, Grapsus grapsus, Isabella Island
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16601  
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles, Grapsus grapsus, North Seymour Island
Sally lightfoot crab on barnacles.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16602  
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle, Grapsus grapsus, Isabella Island
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16603  
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle, Grapsus grapsus, Isabella Island
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16605  
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle, Grapsus grapsus, Isabella Island
Sally lightfoot crab on volcanic rocks, Punta Albemarle.
Species: Sally lightfoot crab, Grapsus grapsus
Location: Isabella Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
Image ID: 16606  
Hermit crab in olive shell, Olivella biplicata, Pagurus granosimanus, Monterey, California
Hermit crab in olive shell.
Species: Hermit crab, Olivella biplicata, Pagurus granosimanus
Location: Monterey, California
Image ID: 01033  
Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean, Pleuroncodes planipes, San Diego, California
Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02248  
Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean, Pleuroncodes planipes, San Diego, California
Pelagic red tuna crab, open ocean.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 02249  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, Coronado Islands, Pleuroncodes planipes, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
Pelagic red tuna crabs, Coronado Islands.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 02353  
Xantus swimming crab, Portunus xantusii, La Jolla, California
Xantus swimming crab.
Species: Xantus' swimming crab, Portunus xantusii
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 02562  
Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis, Catalina Island
Sheep crab.
Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis
Location: Catalina Island, California
Image ID: 05394  
Pelagic red tuna crab, Pleuroncodes planipes, San Diego, California
Pelagic red tuna crab.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05397  
Pelagic red tuna crab, Pleuroncodes planipes, San Diego, California
Pelagic red tuna crab.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 05398  
Pelagic red tuna crab, washed ashore in tidepool, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crab, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06061  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06064  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore in tidepool.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06066  
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach, Pleuroncodes planipes, Ocean Beach, California
Pelagic red tuna crabs, washed ashore to form dense piles on the beach.
Species: Pelagic red crab, Pleuroncodes planipes
Location: Ocean Beach, California
Image ID: 06067  
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