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Thin Shelled Rock Crab

Grapsus tenuicrustatus

Photo by SandraL
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Field Notes

Description:

Rock crabs that you see all over Hawaii... easily seen on the cement pier on Waikiki Beach, Hawaii.

Habitat:

Rocks!

Notes:

These are fun and easy to spot if you go to Waikiki Beach.

Reference Links:

Grapsus tenuicrustatus (J. F. W. Herbst, 1783)

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