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Sand Crab (Ocypode species) excavating its burrow. Kenya Sand Crab (Ocypode species) excavating its burrow. Kenya Fiddler Crab (Uca tangeri) male using its small claw to feed on particles in sand. Sierra Leone, Africa. Mantis Shrimp (Squilla empusa). Common Prawn (Leander serratus) at night showing dark-adapted eyes reflecting. Atlantic coasts Common Prawn (Leander serratus) female with eggs. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) sloughing (casting off its old skin). Fiddler Crab (Uca species) male on his cast off skin. He has just regenerated a lost hind leg, which is still pale. Slough of male Fiddler Crab (Uca species). Florida, USA Slough of male Fiddler Crab (Uca species). Fiddler Crabs (Uca annulipes). Two males fighting. Crayfish (Cherax quinquecarinatus). Fiddler Crab (Uca species), male playing his fiddle. Fiddler Crab (Uca species), male. Sand Crab (Ocypode species) cleaning sand from eyes after emerging from burrow. East Africa Painted Prawn (Hymenocera picta) severing the arm of its Starfish (Aolaster lincki) prey. Indo-Pacific Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) first stage larva. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) first stage larva. Pacific Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis) with its slough. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) eggs showing the eyes of developing larvae. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) eggs showing the eyes of developing larvae. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) nauplius larva. Sand crab (Ocypode species) at the mouth of its burrow. East Africa Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) female carrying eggs. Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) eggs with hatched and hatching nauplius larvae. Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) eggs - dried. Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina). Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) adult male showing claspers. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) male holding a small female prior to mating. Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) eggs - after immersion in water for a few hours. Brine Shrimp (Artemia salina) adult male showing claspers. Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus). Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas), female parasitised by Saculina. Rock Crab (unidentified). Western Australia Red Hermit Crab (Dardanus megistos). Land Crab. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) coming out of hiding in an empty scallop shell. Young Common Hermit Crab (Eupagurus bernhardus) moving into empty shell of Edible Periwinkle. Europe Young Common Hermit Crab (Eupagurus bernhardus) in Flat Periwinkle shell, examining empty shell of Edible Periwinkle, before changing shells. Europe Fiddler Crab (Uca marionis) male bringing up mud from his burrow. Malaya Balls of sand, created by feeding Sand-bubbler Crabs (crab emerging from a hole at upper centre). Queensland, Australia An Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) finds itself washed up on a beach. Iona, Scotland
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