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Striped Shore Crab

Pachygrapsus crassipes

Description:

Brown crab going up! These shots are looking straight up. I was expecting it to fall on my camera but never did.

Habitat:

Climbing a near vertical sandstone cliff in La Jolla at the tidepools.

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2 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 12 years ago

Moved to Arthropods :-)

CorduneanuVlad
CorduneanuVlad 12 years ago

Looks like a ghost crab

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Nov 23, 2011
Submitted on Nov 23, 2011

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