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Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Cryptolithodes sitchensis
Turtle Crab
Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0505 2035 (2005-05-25)

Copyright © 2005 California Academy of Sciences

 
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  • date of photo  Jun 1980
  • latitude 36.81856   longitude -121.79270   max error distance 26012 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • location   Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)
  • family Lithodidae
  • order Decapoda
  • class Malacostraca
  • habitat  Low intertidal/subtidal
  • notes   Photographed at 20 m. depth. The species is well camouflaged and often difficult to detect. Its carapace completely covers the legs.
  • camera   Nikon in Oceanic housing
  • photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Umbrella Crab (ITIS ) Turtle Crab (photographer)
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