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Carcinus maenas
Female crab carrying eggs.
Found under a boulder in a tidepool at the beach during low tide
I encouraged it to swim into a clear container and discovered it had eggs
Thanks Christine. I have seen younger ones and I assumed they were all as green as those ones. Thanks for the ID!
Nice find! I love the shot of the eggs! Looks like a Green Crab - Carcinus maenas. It has 5 teeth on each side of its carapace and 3 bumpy, rounded lobes between the eyes.
Spotted on Apr 21, 2016
Submitted on May 17, 2016
