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Purple Shore Crab

Hemigrapsus nudus

Photo by Rafael5
Published on Project Noah
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16.8555, -99.864

Field Notes

Description:

Around 6 inches long, purple-brown with white spots

Habitat:

Big rocks by the shore

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Scott Frazier
Hi. I moved your spotting to Arthropods (insects, spiders, crustaceans, etc :-)

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PublishedFebruary 24, 2013

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