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Photo by Kiloueka
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Description:

Found this fungus-like stuff on a dead purple shoreline crab near Monterey, CA. What is it?

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Comments (6)
Scott Frazier
Sorry about that. I found it in "other" along with several other arthropods and I made the change as a part of this maintenance and I should have read it in detail.
AshleyT
I am far from the right person to help with this stuff haha. But that's what is so great about this site, lots of people with different areas of expertise! Hope you get it figured out
Kiloueka
Hm it could be an algae, it's a weird color for it though. And yeah, I found it just washed up on the beach, the crab was dead and I'm wondering if this might have killed it :(
AshleyT
Just move it back to the fungus category lol :) Is it not a type of algae? Looks kind of wet?
Kiloueka
This spotting wasn't for the crab, it was for the fungus stuff growing on it's claws though!

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PublishedApril 1, 2015

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