Crabs & Squat Lobsters

Black Coral Crab

Quadrella maculosa

Angel's Window, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia - October 9, 1999

0320#0007

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Hairy Yellow Hermit Crab

Aniculus maximum

Custom Cave, Russell Islands, Solomon Islands - November 25, 1999

0332#0036

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Blue-knee Hermit Crab

Dardanus guttatus - very flat hermit, seldom seen - striking coloration on the "knees"

Karanjou, New Georgia, Solomon Islands - November 27, 1999

0338#0031

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Giant Hermit Crab

Petrochirus diogenes (these hermtis are so large that they live in conch shells)

Prince Albert Wreck, Roatan, Honduras - February 20, 2002

0680#0009

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Hermit Crab @ Night

Aniculus aniculus - no common name

Nudi Falls, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia - May 5, 2002

0717#0026

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Hermit Crab

Dardanus lagopodes

Ngerchong Outside, Palau - February 19, 2004

1094#0059

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Box Crab

Calappa sp

Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines - April 2, 2004

1128#0084

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Swimming Crab

Charybdis sp

Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines - April 2, 2004

1128#0090

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Crab @ night

Lupocyclus sp 1 - only seen at night

Basura, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines - April 2. 2004

1129#0218

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Anemone Crab

Lissocarcinus laevis under Dofleinia armata

Ligpo Sand, Batangas, Philippines - April 3. 2004

1130#0008

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Crab @ night

Lupocyclus sp 1 - only seen at night

Mato Pt, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines - April 3, 2004

1133#0358

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Hermit Crab

Dardanus pedunculatus - carries two types of anemone, one on the outside of the shell (Calliactis miriam)and another on the inside (Anthothoe sp)

Mato Pt, Anilao, Batangas, Philippines - April 3, 2004

1133#0389

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