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Wooly Crab

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Description:

A small mossy covered crab in the tidepools. This one was a female with eggs (second picture).

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Narjess
Narjess 9 years ago
Hairy Crab Pilumnus
Pilumnus vespertilio Pilumnus vespertilio - Information on Pilumnus vespertilio


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Narjess
Narjess 9 years ago

Hi Scott, I've seen similar one last month in Zanzibar, I believe it is Pilumnus vespertilio. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/113...

ScottHarte
ScottHarte 11 years ago

thanks, me either until I saw a few of these guys.

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Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice one - I would not have imagined calling a crab wooly

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ScottHarte

Sanma, Vanuatu

Spotted on Jun 23, 2012
Submitted on Jul 10, 2012

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