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Hi little hippo!
(But actually you are a vampire crab)
#crabs #vampirecrab #crab #nature #hippo

Hi little hippo! (But actually you are a vampire crab)
#crab #hippo #crabs

A molt of one of my vampire crabs
#crabs #nature #crab

A molt of one of my vampire crabs
#crab #crabs #nature

#AdventPhotoCalendar Day 8:

14 Mar 2025, feeling crabby in Gran Canaria.

#crabs #crustaceans #carcinisation

Two dark red/brown crabs on a wet gray rock

It's day 4 of 25 days of Crustmas over on Bluesky. And this crab is probably about the same age? I was very surprised to learn that this is what larval crabs look like. I think it's either Xantho sp. or Carcinus maenas.

P.S.: The feathery things at the top are the cirri of a barnacle and are not part of the larva.

#MarineLife #Crustmas #crabs #crustacean #biology #zoology #nature #microscopy #marinebiology #larva

Photo of a zoea larva under a microscope. It has a very large compound eye and a long dorsal thorn that curves back on its carapace. The abdomen is long and thin, ending in curved spine(s) at the telson.
Above the zoea is the exoskeleton of the cirri ("feeding legs") of a barnacle.

Watch out! This kelp crab is waiting for a chance to grab you! (On a piling under the wharf.) New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/12/shapes-in-murk.html #VancouverIsland #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #Crabs #MarineInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

An underwater photo. On the left, there's a barnacle-covered piling. On the piling, there's a kelp crab, blurry in the semi-dark and the moving water. He is stretching out his long chelipeds, pinching jaws wide open, ready to grab anything that comes near. (Does he see me, above him, with the camera?)
The crab is brown, with bits of orange. The water is green, with whitish reflections.

Watch out! This kelp crab is waiting for a chance to grab you! (On a piling under the wharf.) New blog post: https://wanderinweeta.blogspot.com/2025/12/shapes-in-murk.html #VancouverIsland #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #Crabs #MarineInvertebrates #NaturePhotography

Here's my October recap! Four dives, not a ton of critters out, but I did find a few interesting subjects.

https://blog.briangweber.com/2025-10-dives/

#underwaterPhotography #blog #macro #fish #crabs #scuba #olympus

"Pinch Perfect"
Teableau for 11/3/25

Kinda reminds me of Crab Rave.

#Tea #Crabs #Teableau #TeaCozy #TeaCosy #VintageChina #GreenTea #JasmineTea #VintageGlass #Handmade #Sewing

Red and blue tea tableau with red crabs as the subject, depicted in embroidery and in metal. There is a tea cozy that looks like rippling water, and glass teaspoons shaped like scallop shells. There is a clear glass cream and sugar set, and the tea is Jasmine green loose-leaf tea.

Un #crabe de petite taille (jusqu'à 40 mm de large) présent dans sur les côtes de métropole (mais pas que) fait l'objet d'une nouvelle fiche : le xanthe de #Méditerranée.

QUINTIN Christophe, NOËL Pierre, MÜLLER Yves in : #DORIS, 30/11/2025 :
Xantho poressa (Olivi, 1792), https://doris.ffessm.fr/ref/specie/1912

#Arthropoda #biodiversite #Decapoda #crabs #FFESSM #biodiversity #Xanthidae #PMT

Puget Sound has crabs.

An invasive species of European green crabs, “one of the world’s most harmful marine species,” has been detected in the Salish Sea. They “damage bed sediments, leading to the loss of eelgrass, an essential habitat for Dungeness crab and Pacific salmon.”

The Tulalip Tribes reported “detection of a green crab in the southern Whidbey Basin at Mission Beach” earlier this year.

Get outta here, crabbies!

#SalishSea #PugetSound #WhidbeyIsland #Swinomish #Tulalip #Washington #Crab #Crabs #Crabbing #Invasive #Invasivespecies #Dungeness #Salmon #Eelgrass

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/invasive-european-green-crabs-discovered-in-was-skagit-bay/

To learn about how to identify European green crabs and to volunteer with Molt Search, visit https://wsg.washington.edu/crabteam/moltsearch/

10 Types of Crabs You’ll Spot on Ocean City Beaches

When you're walking Ocean City's beaches at sunrise or exploring the marshes at low tide, you're sharing the coastline with some fascinating crustacean neighbors. From the iconic blue crabs that made Maryland famous to the quirky ghost crabs that vanish into their sandy burrows, these ten crab species shape the character of our coastal ecosystem. Whether you're a curious beachcomber, an aspiring marine biologist, or someone who just wants to know what scuttled across your beach blanket, […]

https://animalofthings.com/types-of-crabs-in-ocean-city-md/

Dive number: 716
Date / time: Sun Oct 26, 2025 6:46 PM
Dive site: Fort Wetherill, Rhode Island
Water Temperature: 57F
Bottom Time: 1h40

Super quiet dive at Fort Wetherill. There wasn't very much to see other than a few skates, a tiny sea robin in the sand, one butterflyfish buried in the rocks, and one coronetfish in the eel grass. I only took 37 pictures in 1h40 underwater.

#underwaterPhotography #fish #crabs #macro #scuba #NewEngland #RhodeIsland #olympus

A tiny sea robin in the sand. You can see the small feet-like fins that let them walk around on the bottom.

Summer flounder are abundant at Fort Wetherill

Squid ink left behind in the water column in the shape of a squid

These softball sized hermit crabs are all over the cove at Fort Wetherill sifting through the silt for their next meal.

Have you ever seen the granulate shellback crab (Hypoconcha arcuata)? Growing about 0.6 in (1.4 cm) long, this unusual-looking crustacean inhabits coastlines along parts of the western Atlantic, with a range that includes parts of the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. Unlike hermit crabs—which hide inside their chosen shells—this critter uses its posterior legs to secure shells onto its back, often shouldering pieces larger than its own body, as a defense against foes.

#photography
#crabs

via amnhnyc

Photo: Austin Smith, CC BY 4.0, iNaturalist

Image Description
A photo of a granulate shellback crab held in a human hand. The crab is hair, with a flat face, "hairy" body, and small legs. It is in a mollusk shell.

Hidden giant: An expedition to the world’s largest #coral colony https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/hidden-giant-mega-coral-expedition/

"Hiding in plain sight for centuries, the mega coral has quietly thrived in the crystal blue waters of the #SolomonIslands in the South Pacific. Spanning the size of two basketball courts and built from 1 billion polyps, the massive colony is thought to be more than 300 years old... The enormous structure provides habitat and breeding grounds for an array of species, including #shrimp, #crabs, and #fish"