Portly Spider Crab Carapace

I think it's OK as it is now.

Okay, thanks for explaining Malcolm. I changed the common name, do you think I should clarify further in the description?

Hi Christine and Mark, I had not realised it was just a carapace and not the whole animal. I have restored it to the mission. The fact that you described the entire organism in the description (the unseen legs) without specifying that this was the carapace only threw me.
We have a lot of students and other users posting entire organisms both dead and alive but these are not considered signs of wildlife and we have to remove them. We are doing this on behalf of the mission creator who is one of our founders but currently away earning a living.
Please accept my apology.

Okay Mark. I'll wait to see what Mark thinks as well. In the meantime, I'll add carapace to the common name. Thanks!

Hi Christine. Malcolm does an incredible amount of background work for this project, tidying missions up, and I suspect he did this in a little haste. I agree it's as valid for this mission as a shell of any animal. Maybe you could change the common name to clarify that it's a 'carapace' and not the full animal. Let's see what Malcolm says when he comes back and has another look.

Thanks Malcolm. One question though- this was just the carapace, and it was empty. So, wouldn't that just be a sign of wildlife, like an empty shell?

Removed from "Signs of Wildlife" mission.
Organisms are not signs of wildlife and are not permitted in this mission.

Thanks everyone for your help!

That looks a good call Chris.

That's a shell to a spider crab