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Purple Rock Crab

Hemigrapsus sexdentatus

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Field Notes

Notes:

This one was in a shallow rock high on the tide line. It seemed to be trying to escape and the pool water was very warm to the touch. I released it into a rock pool open to the ocean.

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PublishedJanuary 21, 2012

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