Celebrating the return of #InverteFest, here is a Purple Shore Crab (Hemigrapsus nudas) in the nearshore zone of Sitka, Alaska. Not only are the seaweed and barnacles key habitat components, they are also the primary foods of the purple shore crab. Although their common name is "purple", they can also be found as olive green or reddish brown. Have a nice day, little crab!
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Festive crabs for the season.
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The cat-crab hybrid is an unnatural chimera! Has science gone too far?
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