Category: crustacean

Sea Sapphire: the Most Beautiful Animal You’ve Never Heard Of

Apr 2, 2015 | colorful, cool, crustacean, sea, Uncategorized, weird | 1

Sea Sapphires are some of the most fantastical creatures of the ocean – and very few people even know they exist at all!

Three Cheers for the Pom Pom Crab!

Dec 13, 2014 | cool, crustacean, pom-pom crab, sea | 4

Habitat: Hawaii Status: Not Evaluated The Hawaiian Pom Pom Crab (Lybia edmondsoni), otherwise...

Gaudy Clown Crab: the Crustacean That’s Simply Faaabulous!

Jun 16, 2014 | colorful, cool, crustacean, sea | 1

Habitat: throughout the Caribbean Status: Not Listed This is the Gaudy Clown Crab (Platypodiella...

Don’t Mess With the Anemone Wielding Teddy Bear Crab

Dec 9, 2013 | crustacean, cute, sea, teddy bear crab | 0

Habitat: French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte Exclusive...

Meet the Shame-faced Crab: So Ashamed, It Puts ITSELF in Time Out

Nov 11, 2013 | crab, crustacean, funny, sea, weird | 0

Habitat: Mombasa, Seychelles, Aldabra Island, Madagascar, Mauritius, Andamans, Japan, Taiwan,...

Meet Blinky, the Three-eyed Crab That’s Actually Two Crabs In One

Nov 8, 2013 | crab, crustacean, sea, weird | 0

Meet Blinky. He’s a species of tiny freshwater crab named after the mutant, three-eyed fish...

The Malagasy Freshwater Crab Looks Straight Out of Barbie’s Mansion

Jun 28, 2013 | colorful, crustacean, cute | 4

Habitat: Madagascar: Northern Madagascar, between Ankarana and Analamera and from Montagne des...

Newly Discovered ‘Little Green Shrimp’ Is the Cutest, Tiniest Ocean Dweller

May 22, 2013 | crustacean, cute, rare, sea, Uncategorized | 0

Habitat: Indonesia, Lembeh Strait Status: Not Listed Little Green Shrimp (Phycocaris sp.)...

Raspberry Crabs are Berry Cute Crustaceans!

Apr 8, 2013 | crab, crustacean, cute, sea | 0

Habitat: Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific Status: Not Listed This cute berry-licious crab is a Red...

The Hairy Crab is the ‘Teddy Bear’ of the Crab World. Cute!

Mar 25, 2013 | crustacean, cute, sea | 2

Habitat: Indo-Pacific Oceans Status: Not Evaluated This hairy little beast is called (as it very...

Meet the Deliciously Attractive Watermelon Fiddler Crab!

Jan 7, 2013 | colorful, crustacean, Uca crassipes | 1

Habitat: Western Pacific – China, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Papa New Guinea,...

The Shrimp With Candy Cane Claws!

Dec 4, 2012 | blue-banded coral shrimp, colorful, crustacean, sea, Stenopus tenuirostris | 0

photo: Vincent Chalias via: oceanwideimages.com photo via:...

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