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Photo take at -20 ft near the coast on a seaweed bed at the bottom, small crab maybe a decorator crab , this is the second time i have spot one, moving on top of the seaweed this crab have a incredible camouflage like and algae , about 3 cm long two very small white and red claws this particular one has a micro anemones attach to tip on the front legs on the 4 photo is possible to see it. For me is one of those spotting´s of a lifetime this guy stop my hard for a second, i hope someone can help whit the ID i have send it to experts as well to try to ID this one.
Spotted on Sep 15, 2012
Submitted on Sep 15, 2012
5 Comments
Gracias Marta es sumamente raro de encontrar y no tengo una completa Indentificaion de este :)
En la ultima esta especialmente bonito flotando sobre las algas :-)
Thanks Blogie indeed i think is Cyclocoeloma this give a good star to search:)
Thanks Oneng :)
Great pic..
Nice capture, Gerardo!
Maybe it's the corallimorph decorator crab (Cyclocoeloma tuberculata) or something similar? Take a look at my spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/797...