Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.
Alex Mustard / Aggregation of Spider crabs (Maja brachydactyla) in shallow water in summer. These aggregations seem to be for protection (safety in numbers) while the crabs are moulting, and therefore vulnerable. Ba...
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Alex Mustard / Portrait of a Spider crabs (Maja brachydactyla) during an aggregation in shallow water in summer. These aggregations seem to be for protection (safety in numbers) while the crabs are moulting, and the...
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Nick Upton / Female Common spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) standing on a boulder in a rockpool low on the shore, Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Female Common spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) well camouflaged in a rockpool among Coralweed (Corallina officinalis), Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Nick Upton / Male Common spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / Maja squinado) in defensive posture exposed on rocky shore on a very low spring tide, Rhossili, The Gower Peninsula, UK, June.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.
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Linda Pitkin / 2020VISION / Spiny spider crab (Maja brachydactyla / squinado) pair on rock covered with red algae, Lundy Island Marine Conservation Zone, Devon, England, UK, May.