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  • Orange / Pacific red hermit crab (Elassochirus gilli) underwater in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
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  • A channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus), also known as the West Indian spider crab, reef or spiny spider crab, or coral crab, hiding in a cavern in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190302-500_4076.jpg
  • A channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus), also known as the West Indian spider crab, reef or spiny spider crab, or coral crab, at night in an alkaline pond in The Bahamas.
    20190113-500_1963.jpg
  • A channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus), also known as the West Indian spider crab, reef or spiny spider crab, or coral crab, backlit in an alkaline pond on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190113-500_1779.jpg
  • Invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) among dead seashells and a muddy seabed. These crabs uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7487.jpg
  • Invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in eelgrass (Zostera marina) meadow. These are highly destructive invasive species which can uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9753.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9456.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9072.jpg
  • Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus) on a bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) frond covered in Kelp lace bryozoans (Membranipora serrilamella) in Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    20210723-500_2786.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9222.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9002.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7937.jpg
  • Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus) in red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis) Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210724-500_3837.jpg
  • A Northern kelp crab (Pugettia producta) clinging to a fallen tree branch off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201010-500_6212.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9429.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9098.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_8991.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7928.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7901.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7851.jpg
  • A Northern Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) clings to kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220703-500_2625.jpg
  • Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus) on leather sea star (Dermasterias imbricata) Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210724-500_3643.jpg
  • Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus) on a bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) frond covered in Kelp lace bryozoans (Membranipora serrilamella) in Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    20210723-500_2799.jpg
  • An underwater photographer takes a picture of a Puget sound king crab (Lopholithodes mandtii) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
    20201111-500_7942.jpg
  • Widehand Hermit Crab (Elassochirus tenuimanus) with highly decorated shell. Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201104-500_7739.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9430.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9274.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9273.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9218.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9201.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7918.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7916.jpg
  • A yellow line arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) inside a sponge in The Bahamas.
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  • Slender Kelp Crab (Pugettia gracilis) holding on to a giant plumose anemone (Metridium farcimen) in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220627-500_0503.jpg
  • A spot-bellied cancer crab (Romaleon antennarium) (formerly Cancer antennarius) portrait off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201101-500_7587.jpg
  • A Puget Sound king crab (Lopholithodes mandtii) eating a sea star in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20200928-500_2588.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9463.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210526-500_9016.jpg
  • Invasive European green crabs (Carcinus maenas) uproot important seagrass and can out-compete native crab species. Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7592.jpg
  • Greenmark hermit crab (Pagurus caurinus) on orange sea pen (Ptilosarcus gurneyi) Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210320-500_5049.jpg
  • An invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Green crabs are  considered to be one of the most destructive marine invasive species.
    20210527-500_9463.jpg
  • A Three-lobed Porcelain Crab (Porcellanella triloba) hiding on soft coral off Alor, Indonesia.
    20180927-500_4245.jpg
  • A Sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) at night in the Sargasso Sea, Atlantic Ocean, International Waters.
    20190803-500_5588.jpg
  • Arrow crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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  • Portrait of a Puget sound king crab (Lopholithodes mandtii) off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
    20201111-500_7950.jpg
  • Graceful Rock Crab (Metacarcinus gracilis) on muddy seabed, Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9733.jpg
  • Rhinoceros of golf ball crab (Rhinolithodes wosnessenskii) portrait off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210511-500_7305.jpg
  • An invasive European green crab (Carcinus maenas) in a seagrass meadow off Vancouver Island, BC. Green crabs are especially destructive in seagrass meadows because they dig in the sediment for food and uproot the seagrass. They can decimate this important plant quickly.
    20210527-500_9753.jpg
  • Sea pen porcelain crab (Porcellanella triloba) in Sea pen (Virgularia gustaviana) near Alor, Indonesia.
    20180927-500_4234.jpg
  • A Giant hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) uses an empty conch shell for protection and housing. Image made off Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    2016_01_04HI147.jpg
  • A slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) hides near ready-to-plant eelgrass (Zostera marina) during a seagrass restoration project in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210928-500_0374.jpg
  • Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus) scavenging on a dead fish in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20200928-500_2719.jpg
  • Giant Hermit crab (Petrochirus diogenes) feeding at night. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190228-500_3812.jpg
  • A channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus) in a pond on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    2015_08_20_HI378.jpg
  • A longhorn decorator crab (Chorilia longipes) clinging to the underside of kelp in Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA
    20220704-500_2979.jpg
  • Portrait of a northern kelp crab (Pugettia producta) in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201001-500_2795.jpg
  • Atlantic rock crab (Carcinus irroratus) hides in kelp off Newfoundland, Canada.
    20190515-500_6144.jpg
  • A sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) takes shelter in a drifting plastic bag. Ocean currents bring floating mats of sargassum and, increasingly, plastic and other debris together. It is estimated plastic will out-weigh fish by 2050 if trends continue. Image made off Contoy Island, Mexico.
    2016_01_16Cancun018.jpg
  • A kelp crab (Pugettia producta) feeding on giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) off San Diego, California, USA.
    2015_10_11SanDiego077.jpg
  • Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) crosses a crack from one volcanic rock to another, Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210GalapagosTopside455.jpg
  • Banded Clinging Crab (Mithraculus cinctimanus) hiding under a sea anemone. Image made off Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    20180707-500_7183.jpg
  • A slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) hides near ready-to-plant eelgrass (Zostera marina) during a seagrass restoration project in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210928-500_0359.jpg
  • Sharpnose crab (Scyra acutifrons) sheltering in soft coral, while covered with tunicates. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210724-500_4004.jpg
  • Pygmy cancer crab (Cancer oregonensis) hides within red soft coral (Eunephthya rubiformis). Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210723-500_3231.jpg
  • A dead crab, boiled to death, on the shores of Vancouver Island. The victim of a heat wave (a recent study concluded it would have been almost impossible without human-made climate change) that coincided with extremely low tides in the middle of the day. I saw hundreds of sea stars, crabs and even some fish that died from the heat. It's likely billions of animal were killed.
    20210627-DSC_7040.jpg
  • An Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) searches for food in a seagrass meadow (Thalassia testudinum) in the Florida Keys, USA.
    20190605-500_9837.jpg
  • Portrait of a Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) on black volcanic rocks. Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210GalapagosTopside434.jpg
  • Atlantic rock crab (Carcinus irroratus) hides in kelp off Newfoundland, Canada.
    20190515-500_6141.jpg
  • Candy crab (Hoplophrys oatesi) on soft coral (Dendronepthya sp) at night. Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea
    2015_05_04_PNGD1_269.jpg
  • A kelp crab (Pugettia producta) feeding on giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) off San Diego, California, USA
    2015_10_11SanDiego149.jpg
  • An unknown species of pelagic swimming crab, covered in barnacles swimming in the open ocean at night. She is tending to her eggs in a pouch. Image made off Anilao, Philippines.
    20181008-500_7133.jpg
  • A porcelain crab (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) partially covered by a sea anemone and domino damselfish (Dascyllus trimaculatus) off Flores, Indonesia.
    20180924-500_3479.jpg
  • A slender cancer crab (Cancer gracilis) hides near ready-to-plant eelgrass (Zostera marina) during a seagrass restoration project in Cowichan Bay, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20210928-500_0360.jpg
  • A crab walks along a popular beach called Crashboat Beach along Puerto Rico's North West coast. The beach was decimated by hurricane Maria in 2017, destroying the fishing village and marina. in 2020 the sand is still meters lower than before the storm.
    Gross_PuertoRico022.jpg
  • A shrimp that is most likely a red Cuban cave shrimp (Barbouria cubensis) scavenging on a dead crab in a blue hole on Eleuthera, Bahamas. When a shrimp finds a meal it rises in the water column to avoid competition.
    2013_09_03_HI371.jpg
  • Graceful Rock Crab (Metacarcinus gracilis) on muddy seabed, Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210517-500_7590.jpg
  • A channel clinging crab shortly after molting.
    2013_Jan12_HI007.jpg
  • A cave shrimp consumes a crab. In this blue hole on Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas when a food source drops to the bottom a shrimp will quickly claim it's prize and rise up off the bottom to avoid competition.
    Shrimp Feast
  • A crab that died presumably from extreme heat and extra low tides on the east coast of Vancouver Island, Canada.
    20210627-DSC_7040.jpg
  • Giant Hermit crabs (Petrochirus diogenes), two, appearing to fight. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20190216-500_3251.jpg
  • Conch shells become homes for other creatures like hermit crabs, but not if the shell is cracked for conch extraction. Scientists are predicting a fishery collapse is imminent, but how best to protect them is heatedly debated.
    Home
  • Graceful Rock Crabs (Metacarcinus gracilis) in a trap hanging from a dock in Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20210527-500_9797.jpg
  • A sargassum swimming crab (Portunus sayi) takes shelter in a drifting plastic bag. Ocean currents bring floating mats of sargassum and, increasingly, plastic and other debris together. It is estimated plastic will out-weigh fish by 2050 if trends continue. Image made off Contoy Island, Mexico.
    2016_01_16Cancun019.jpg
  • Two Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) mating in a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow. Florida Keys, USA
    20190605-500_9749 2.jpg
  • Two Horseshoe Crabs (Limulus polyphemus) mating in a seagrass (Thalassia testudinum) meadow. Florida Keys, USA
    20190605-500_9729.jpg
  • A pair of mating dungeness crabs (Cancer magister). The male will often grasp the female in an embrace for weeks waiting for her to molt when her shell will be soft enough to receive the male's gonopods. After mating he will embrace her for protection. Image made off Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.
    20201214-500_0975.jpg
  • Horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) mate in a shallow seagrass bed in Florida. Their blue blood is extremely valuable in fighting disease, including COVID-19.
    20190605-500_9729 2.jpg
  • Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus), two, on black volcanic rocks. Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210GalapagosTopside428.jpg
  • A crab inspects my remote camera in a seagrass meadow in the Florida Keys.
    20190605-500_9837sm.jpg
  • A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) test-bites a large blue crab. The crab walked away unscathed.
    20170930-1150-Edit.jpg
  • A crab lunging towards the viewer on a sandy, ocean bottom.
    2014_06_09HI020.jpg
  • Sally lightfoot crabs (Grapsus grapsus) feed on a fish head brought to shore by a sea lion. Fernandina Island, Galapagos, Ecuador.
    20191210GalapagosTopside356.jpg
  • A Puget Sound king crab (Lopholithodes mandtii) eating a sea star in Nanoose Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
    20200928-500_2588.jpg
  • A Sargassum crab at 30 feet at night in the Sargasso Sea.
    20190803-500_5588.jpg
  • Blue crabs and many other creatures call the mangroves home.
    2016_05_17_HI1516.jpg
  • A lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) pup uses the mangroves as protection from large sharks. The ecosystem is also home to many potential prey items like juvenile fish and crabs. This shark will spend the first 5 to 8 years of her life in this mangrove creek and return to the same one to give birth. Image made on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
    Ecosystem
  • Lemon shark pups (Negaprion brevirostris) spend the first 5-8 years of their life in mangrove forests. The tangle of roots provides protection from predators like large sharks and is full of potential prey like juvenile fish and crabs. Lemon sharks are the first species of shark proven to practice natal philopatry where the mother will return to the same area she was born in to give birth. Mangroves are being lost at unsustainable rates thanks to coastal development. Image made on Eleuthera, Bahamas.
    20170605HI0041.jpg
  • Tall seagrass off North Sulawesi, Indonesia is a refuge for life hiding from predators.
    20180916-500_1710.jpg
  • Large channel clinging crabs (Mithrax spinosissimus) form a small fishery in The Pond. The fisherman only take a single claw from a crab. The claw will grow back and because the crab survives it has a good chance of remaining sustainable.
    Fishery
  • A channel clinging crab (Mithrax spinosissimus) comes out to feed at night in The Pond.
    20190113-500_1779sm.jpg
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