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Crab Identification
updated: Apr 25, 2012, 3:15 PM
By Edhat Subscriber
I found this interesting crab washed up on west beach yesterday. I have never seen one like it, and was wondering if anyone knows what kind it is? Very interesting with the big arms, and small body. At first I thought the back half of the body was missing. He was alive, but did not seen to be doing so well.
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SHAKEY
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2012-04-25 03:23 PM |
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Don't let any of those Earth Day people get near it.
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COMMENT 274773
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2012-04-25 03:26 PM |
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lol @ SHAKEY!
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COMMENT 274776
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2012-04-25 03:35 PM |
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I soooo just almost peed at the Earth Day comment. Seriously!
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COMMENT 274809
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2012-04-25 04:49 PM |
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It doesn't look right. Could it be a victim from the Japanese earthquake.
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COMMENT 274815
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2012-04-25 05:25 PM |
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looks a bit like a baby spider crab...I will try to find a picture of one and send to to edhat.
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COMMENT 274820
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2012-04-25 05:40 PM |
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Sandflat Elbow Crab (Heterocrypta occidentalis)
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COMMENT 274823P
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2012-04-25 05:53 PM |
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SHAKEY, you mean all of SB county then, right?
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COMMENT 274869
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2012-04-26 06:33 AM |
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Wow, great find and good pics. As a 100 days a yr beachwalker I don't recall every seeing one of these, but see three or four other species regularly after big swells. Interesting in that we haven't had any significant swells for weeks and the west beach is a very calm water location.
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COMMENT 274902
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2012-04-26 07:52 AM |
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Very cool!
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COMMENT 274927
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2012-04-26 08:47 AM |
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Looks like the crab that grabbed my big toe in the marina.
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