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Loxorhynchus crispatus
Masking Crab
(shown with Corynactis californica)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 2036 (2005-05-25)

INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO

date of photo between 1980 and 1986

location Point Lobos State Reserve/Carmel Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Majidae

order Decapoda

class Malacostraca

habitat Subtidal

notes In many of our images of this species, the crab is almost undistinguishable from the background being completely covered with algae and invertebrates. This individual, in contrast, apparently covered with tunicates, stands out well posing on Corynactis anemones. Dept 16 m.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL

common names Moss Crab (ITIS ) Masking Crab (photographer)

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