Bloody Hermit Crab at an #Oahu #reef . Your #sealife #photooftheday

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Selling prints - DM me. #Saturday #crab #creature #ocean #pacificocean #marinelife #animals #nature #wildlife #outdoors #explore #environment #earth #photo #photography #scuba #discover

#NewSpecies!
New freshwater crab from #cameroon just pinched us:

Louisea cataracta

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039F87CE-B424-5F69-B0F6-FBEBB9F5FE52
Publication: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5590.1.6
#Zootaxa #LouiseaCataracta

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #invertebrates #arthropods #crustacea #crab #freshwater

There is a crab. It has algae on its body for camouflage
#gili #giliislands #lombok #diving #scuba #giliair #trawangan #holidays #sealife #marinelife #crab #reef #padi #ocean #Indonésia

Horseshoe Crab A Living Fossil! | 1 Minute Animals.

Discover the horseshoe crab, an ancient creature that has roamed the Earth for millions of years. You won't believe the bizarre appearance of this unique animal, with its hard shell and spiky legs. Learn about its fascinating history and why it's crucial for medical research.

Warty Crab (Eriphia verrucosa)

#Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution

Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/crab-memes-amplify-mistaken-ideas-about-evolution/

How popular crab memes amplify mistaken ideas about evolution.

Opinion piece from @SciAm: "Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and 'ultimate forms.' They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific veneer."

https://flip.it/GyUy9F

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... und heute vorerst das letzte #Foto aus der Serie #Spiegelreflexkamera

#Malediven 2010
Fotografiert mit #Sony α200 #DSLR

#Einsiedlerkrebse am #Strand von #Fihalhohi

Over built - Furrowed crabs (Xantho hydrophilus) are the "gym bros" of the shoreline - big arms and "come at me" attitudes.
Often with quite colourful undersides but apparently toxic to eat.
County Clare, Ireland.

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"That crab was great! You, on the other hand, you smell bad."

"Oh yeah? Well, I'm going to beat the crab out of you!"

Green staghorn coral may be more likely to survive ocean warming if crabs are around https://phys.org/news/2025-02-green-staghorn-coral-survive-ocean.html

"predation by #starfish led to wounds that bled mucus, which in turn attracted the hoof-clawed #crab... the #crabs fed on the mucus but did not harm the coral... they also fed on nearby #seaweed, typically the vectors for infectious #bacteria, which led to infection prevention in the #corals... coral that were protected by the crabs were 60% less likely to suffer tissue loss"

#Malediven 2004
Fotografiert mit #Canon EOS 3000

Das war mit Abstand der süßeste #Einsiedlerkrebs von ganz #Kuredu

What I think is a Toad crab (Hyas coarctatus) covered in a seaweed camouflage.
County Clare, Ireland.

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