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Giant Hermit Crab

Petrochirus diogenes

Description:

Giant red hermit crab living in a very old barnacle encrusted whelk shell

Habitat:

Manatee River, near mouth of the river at Tampa Bay. Found in seagrass beds.

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4 Comments

akamberg
akamberg 11 years ago

Makes me want to go to the beach.

akamberg
akamberg 11 years ago

Cool find!

MishaCainNell
MishaCainNell 11 years ago

Yes! This is one of my favorites.

ceherzog
ceherzog 11 years ago

Neat find!

MishaCainNell
Spotted by
MishaCainNell

Bradenton, Florida, USA

Spotted on May 4, 2012
Submitted on May 5, 2012

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