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Jellis, you're right!
As I mentioned the body shape doesn't match. The spotting is almost square and your suggestion is tapered.
Just an ordinary strandkrab..
Or even better another non native species. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mit...
But I see the one I chose is too small. So since it's legs are missing, it could possibly be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goneplax_rh...
http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous...The strandkrab body shape doesn't seem to match. The one in the spotting is more squared not tapered.
Looks like a non native species Asian shore crab, Japanese shore crab, Pacific crab,Hemigrapsus sanguineus
Spotted on Aug 10, 2012 Submitted on Aug 10, 2012
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Jellis, you're right!
As I mentioned the body shape doesn't match. The spotting is almost square and your suggestion is tapered.
Just an ordinary strandkrab..
Or even better another non native species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_mit...
But I see the one I chose is too small. So since it's legs are missing, it could possibly be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goneplax_rh...
http://fl.biology.usgs.gov/Nonindigenous...
The strandkrab body shape doesn't seem to match. The one in the spotting is more squared not tapered.
Looks like a non native species
Asian shore crab, Japanese shore crab, Pacific crab,
Hemigrapsus sanguineus