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Gecarcinus ruricola
12 to 15 inch red and black crab-like arthropod, withgold/yellow flecking. White to yellow bumps or lenticles over most of the body and legs
Pier like landing on a very fast moving inlet between Atlantic Ocean and an inlet connected to intracoastal waterway.
Spotted on Aug 1, 2012
Submitted on Aug 3, 2012
4 Comments
Really nice crab!
Gecarcinus ruricola Common names for G. ruricola include the purple land crab,black land crab,red land crab,and zombie crab
Thank you, Slightly different settings on the shots. I was 15 feet above the crab leaning over a railing. There were two. Coulnt get a good shot of the other one.
very nice coloring. i like the second one.