species: Gulfweed Crab (Planes minutus)

Observer

sargassogirl

Quality grade

research

License

CC-BY-NC

Description

Windy day - sargassum was a bit sparse, what had washed in was kind of old. But there were 2 Columbus crabs clinging to this piece of rope floating near the shore. I took it out and got the crabs off before disposing of it (really hope I got them all off and didn't miss any!) Beautiful colouring - patterned and yellow orange. The other one wasn't as brightly coloured.