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Like other hermit crabs, Clibanarius vittatus lives inside the empty shell of a gastropod mollusc. This protects its soft abdomen and normally only its head and limbs project through the aperture of the shell. The chelipeds (claw-bearing legs) and claws of Clibanarius vittatus are small, both the same size, and covered in short bristles. When ...
Astronaut photo of Cape Town showing the Cape Peninsula, and surrounding waters, including False Bay. Map showing approximate extent of the range of the article and identifying key locations and the borders of the Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area Marine ecoregions of the South African exclusive economic zone Marine species distribution reference map of the Southern African ...
Pachygrapsus crassipes, the striped shore crab or lined shore crab, is a small crab found on both rocky and hard-mud soft seashores of the northeastern and northwestern Pacific Ocean. In North America, this species occurs from central Oregon, south through California to near Ensenada, Baja California , Mexico .
Blue crab escaping from the net along the Core Banks of North Carolina.. Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος,"beautiful" + nectes, "swimmer", and Latin sapidus, "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
Pagurus longicarpus is commonly found along the Atlantic coast of Canada and the United States, from Nova Scotia to Northeastern Florida, as well as along the Gulf coast of the United States to Texas. [2] These hermit crabs can be found in intertidal and subtidal Atlantic environments on a variety of substrates and at depths of up to 200 meters ...
The “super pod” of Risso’s dolphins was spotted in Carmel Bay, off central California’s coast. This species , which can grow to over 10ft long and weigh as much as half a metric tonne, is ...
Striped shore crab Pyromaia tuberculata: Spider crab, tuberculate pear crab Carcinus maenas: European green crab, green crab, green shore crab Eriocheir sinensis: Chinese mitten crab Hemigrapsus oregonensis: Yellow shore crab Rhithropanopeus harrisii: Harris crab Randallia ornata: Globe crab Panulirus interruptus: California spiny lobster
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