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Taliepus nuttallii
Large red crab about the size of a full hand hanging around in the sea grass
Spotted at La Jolla Shores in the tide pools just before high tide.
Last two pictures show more of it's body structure, but all I could really see was the back end and legs. My mom used her camera to take these shots for me. I crouched over the water for a very long time trying to move the grass enough to see the crustacean, so I'm proud to say here's our results.
Spotted on Nov 22, 2011
Submitted on Nov 24, 2011
9 Comments
Thanks Cindy, some day I'll get most of my photos onto your mission! It just takes so much time. :)
Hi Coral, I hope you'll add this beautiful crab to the Southern California Wildlife mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/7964...
Looks like hide & seek is the name of the game he likes to play.
Thank you Crysta. :)
Wow this is always amazing to see.. :)
Thanks everyone! :)
Wow... Red Hot....
Gorgeous photos!
Moved to the arthropod group :-)