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Decorators

Camouflage specialists...



Crab Index

Crabs



General

Crabs - general

Carrier Crabs

Coral crabs

Coral Crabs

Coral crabs

Decorator Crabs

Decorator Crabs

Gall Crabs

Decorator Crabs

Land & Sea Crabs

Land & sea crabs

Lobsters

Lobsters

Porcelain Crabs

Lobsters

Round Crabs

Lobsters

Swimming Crabs

Lobsters


Cryptodromia coronata
Dorippe frascone carrying a fire urchin
Latreillopsis marieneae
Latreillopsis marieneae showing the legs used for carrying
Mclaydromia dubia carrying an ascidian colony
Unidentified carrying a sponge


Achaeus sp. covered in bryozoans
Achaeus sp. covered in bryozoans
Achaeus sp. claw detail
Achaeus sp. covered in bryozoans
Achaeus sp. covered in algae
Acheus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Camposcia retusa  with sponges and ascidians
Camposcia retusa - blue underpants are sometimes a good camoflage
Camposcia retusa  with sponges
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata coverd in corallimorph anemomes
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata
Naxioides sp.?
Oncinopus sp. - Orang-Utan Crab
Oncinopus sp. - Orang-Utan Crab
Oncinopus sp. - Orang-Utan Crab
Oncinopus sp. - Orang-Utan Crab
Stacks Image 2581
Unknown decorator crab
Unknown decorator crab
Unidentified decorator crab covered in sponges
Unidentified with Halimeda camouflage
Unidentified decorator crab


Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Xenocarcinus depressus
Xenocarcinus depressus
Xenocarcinus cf. conicus
Hoplophrys oatsii
Hoplophrys oatsii - femail with eggs
Hoplophrys oatsii
Heunia heraldica
Heunia heraldica
Heunia heraldica


Hyastenus bispinosis with eggs
Hyastenus bispinosis on the stinging Aglaophenia cupressina
Hyastenus cf. bispinosus
Hyastenus cf. bispinosus
Hyastenus sp.
Hyastenus sp.
Hyastenus tabolongi
Hyastenus tabolongi
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Stacks Image 2932
Hyastenus tabolongi
Unidentified
Unidentified

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Carrier Crabs

Cryptodromia coronata
Dorippe frascone carrying a fire urchin
Latreillopsis marieneae
Latreillopsis marieneae showing the legs used for carrying
Mclaydromia dubia carrying an ascidian colony
Unidentified carrying a sponge

Decorator Crabs

Achaeus sp. covered in bryozoans
Achaeus sp. covered in bryozoans
Achaeus sp. claw detail
Acheus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Achaeus sp.
Camposcia retusa - blue underpants are sometimes a good camoflage
Camposcia retusa  with sponges & red algae
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata
Cyclocoeloma tuberculata coverd in corallimorph anemomes
Naxioides sp.?
Oncinopus sp. - Orang-Utan Crab
Oncinopus sp. - Orang-Utan Crab
Unknown decorator crab
Unknown decorator crab
Unidentified decorator crab covered in sponges

Imitator Crabs

Xenocarcinus tuberculatus
Xenocarcinus depressus
Xenocarcinus depressus
Xenocarcinus cf. conicus
Hoplophrys oatsii
Hoplophrys oatsii - femail with eggs
Heunia heraldica
Heunia heraldica

Twin-Spined Crabs

Hyastenus bispinosis with eggs
Hyastenus bispinosis on the stinging Aglaophenia cupressina
Hyastenus cf. bispinosus
Hyastenus cf. bispinosus
Hyastenus sp.
Hyastenus sp.
Hyastenus tabolongi
Hyastenus tabolongi
Hyastenus tabolongi
Hyastenus tabolongi
Unidentified
Unidentified