Halimeda Crab
Huenia heraldica
These wonderful crabs really know how to hide. They are an Arrowhead Crab and stick bits of Halimeda Algae on their heads so they can blend into their habitat. They can’t...
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Candy (Soft Coral) Crab
Hoplophrys oatesii
These wonderful little crabs are really called Soft Coral Crabs, but the guides in Lembeh have always called them ‘Candy Crabs’ and it’s easy to see why. They live...
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Spotted Box Crab
Calappa philargius
Have you every wonder what Box Crabs eat?? Well, maybe you haven’t but I did find out this week. Box Crabs usually spend their time buried in the sand,...
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Red Frog Spanner Crab
Ranina ranina
This has to be one of the coolest and weirdest named critters!! These crabs spend much of their time buried in the sand, with just their eyes showing. when they...
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Spotted Porcelain Crab
Neopetrolisthes maculatus
These crabs are interesting, not only because of the way they feed, by waving adapted mouth parts in the current to gather thier food, but because they are not actually...
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Haig’s Porcelain Crab
Porcellanella haigae
Sometimes you have to dive for macro in a current. It’s tricky to film, but sometimes it’s worth it.. I found this lovely little Sea Pen on a dive and...
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Sea Cucumber Crab
Lissocarcinus orbicularis
Well, we all have to live somewhere…. This little Crab (Lissocarcinus orbicularis) chooses to spend his free time living inside a Sea Cucumber. You can see him here, at...
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Sponge Leg Crab
Changing Skins
This was shot when I thought I was filming one crab eating another. When looking at it after I realised that the crab had in fact just shed it...
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Boxing Crab
Lybia tessellata
These great little crab are tricky to find, but a wonderfully unique critter. They are very small, full size about 4cm across, and hold two tiny anemones in their...
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Anemone Decorator Crab
Majidae sp.
This is one of the prettiest Decorators Crabs i’ve seen. It is covered in, what I presume are, tiny white anemones. The time and effort that must go into...
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