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Coenobita clypeatus
I think these are hermit crabs in their shells climbing up a tree stump to get out of the tide. The shells are sea shells and not snail shells. They are within 1/4 of a mile from the lagoon spotting of C. clypeatus (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/159...) and it is probably the same crab. Unfortunately, I didn't go get one of these and check.
Compass Point, St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands.
Spotted on Sep 18, 2012
Submitted on Nov 17, 2012
2 Comments
Moved to Arthropods :-)
lovely.