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Loxorhynchus crispatus
Masking Crab
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Photographer: Ron Wolf
ID: 0000 0000 0214 0314 (2014-02-04)Copyright © 2014 Ron Wolf
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date of photo Jan 29, 2014
location
Estero Bluffs State Park. Near Cayucos (San Luis Obispo County, California, US)family
Epialtidae
order
Decapoda
class Malacostrata
notes View of ventral surface. This creature could easily be mistaken for a clump of seaweed. The Masking Crab camouflages itself by decorating its shell with bits of alga, sponges, bryozoans and ascidians. It is nearly impossible to spot in the intertidal environment if it remains still. The crab is more readily detected when it moves.camera Canon EOS 7D, 60mm macro, f/11, 1/250 sec.
photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other
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Masking Crab (photographer)
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