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Probably a sand bubbler crab (genus Scopimera or Dotilla, family Dotillidae) displaying near perfect camouflage. Spotting was at rising tide so any telltale "pellets" had been washed away.
Ocean beach.
Sand bubbler crabs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_bubble...
Spotted on Dec 4, 2011
Submitted on Jan 7, 2012
5 Comments
Thanks Melissa & Sachin!
Amazing,
Wow! Amazing little creature!
I don't know, Ashish. I believe mine is family Dotillidae which has only 59 species...you could check that out.
Hi scott... any relation of this one with my spotting...?
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/823...