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Purple Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus nudus

Description:

Small, a couple of inches wide, deep purplish red

Habitat:

The tide pools on the coast near Pescadero CA.

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1 Comment

rbumrbum
rbumrbum 8 years ago

Thanks, they are really beautiful crabs and I could not identify them before.

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California, USA

Spotted on Sep 6, 2010
Submitted on Jan 26, 2013

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