Favoritos de crustaceaobscura

In Zostera meadow

behind Rocky ledge in the intertidal zone

Found under wet seaweed on a Rocky beach with a lot of blue mussel beds, bar harbor, low tide. In situ.

Appears to have an injured head

Mariaville falls preserve

Partially grazed by the Limacia cockerelli shown here. Underside of a boulder in a low intertidal pool.

Observé lors d'un relevé de biodiversité du MPO-Québec / Observed during a biodiversity survey by DFO-Quebec. Photo: DFO-MPO.

A Flame Streaked Box Crab in Potter Pond.

Seen in mud flats

Individual #2

Red rock crab excavated a gaper clam (Tresus capax)

A monster, probably 5+ kg

Observé lors d'un relevé de chalut par MPO-Québec / Observed during a trawl survey by DFO-Quebec.

Observé lors d'un relevé de chalut par MPO-Québec / Observed during a trawl survey by DFO-Quebec. z = 154 m.

Limaces observées lors d'un relevé de chalut par MPO-Québec / Pair of snailfish observed during a trawl survey by DFO-Quebec. z = -50 m.

Collected via dredge on F/V Gemma. Note how it pumps water that forms this little fountain over its mandibles.

Because why not.

Tried to catch it but it got away 😭

A Blotched Swimming Crab in Potter Pond. This was a first for me in RI. From what I've read it typically only ranges to New Jersey. It appears to be an immature female.

In tidepool, eating a snail or hermit crab out of a shell when I found it

Ciliopagurus strigatus (Herbst, 1804)
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Échantillonné lors de la mission OSL-2020

Reef crest at night.

approx location

Reef flat, under stone.

Molt found in drift eelgrass and Sargassum trapped between docks; a few minutes later I found a live individual in the same microhabitat.