May 27, 2023
Shellfies with a handsome rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) and a red rock crab (Cancer productus)
seen from Malaysia
seen from France
seen from Sri Lanka
seen from Belarus
seen from China
seen from Singapore
seen from Russia
seen from Canada
seen from Germany
seen from Italy
seen from Türkiye
seen from China
seen from France
seen from China
seen from Malaysia
seen from Canada
seen from United States
seen from China
seen from China
seen from Norway
Shellfies with a handsome rock sole (Lepidopsetta bilineata) and a red rock crab (Cancer productus)
Graceful Crab (Metacarcinus gracilis)
Red Rock Crab (Cancer productus)
Our Cancer productus and one of our Metacarcinus gracilis. Cozy as a crab!!!! 🦀 🛏️
In this expedition, I found a group of 20 red rock crabs (Cancer productus), plus a dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister). An amazing find.
Red Rock Crab (Cancer productis)
Oh, to be cradled on the sandy sea floor by a big male after molting 🥺🥺🥺
#3719 - Metacarcinus novaezelandiae - Pie Crust Crab
Found this claw at the Banks Peninsula, but found a carapace at Moeraki a week later.
You can see why they call it a Pie Crust Crab.
Formerly Cancer novaezelandiae.
A large carnivorous crab found around New Zealand, and SE Australia, where they have lived for well over 5 million years. Possibly as many as 23.
There are 5 living and 9 extinct species in the genus, although genetic evidence suggests they need to be broken up into more genera. All of them are found around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The best-known is probably Metacarcinus magister, the Dungeness crab, from the West Coast of North America.
Ōnawe Peninsula, Akaroa Harbour, Banks Peninsula, Aotearoa, New Zealand