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J. Poupin.CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 07/05/2017: Urnalana purarensis, (Ovaere, 1987) or The Bulbous Purse Crab, is a distinctly round family Leucosiidae species found in Taiwan, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Tahiti, and the Tuamotu archipelago. This shallow water species hangs out in rocky reefs and sand flats, doing its best not to get eaten by larger crabs and crustacean-eating fish. Bulbous Purse Crabs are close cousins to Urnalana flammea (another Leucosiid) but differs in a number of carapace, ambulatory leg and gonopod characteristics.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? ... &id=441416http://www.eol.org/pages/12171977/overview
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"Skink" Chen.CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 07/06/2017: Geothelphusa miyazakii, or Miyazaki's Crab (Yup, named for THAT Miyazaki!) is a way interesting freshwater species of family Potamidae/subfamily Potamiscinae crab. Native to Japan, Taiwan, and China, this Miyake & Chiu-catalogued species (1965) is facing MAJOR threat of endangerment as large scale development and pollution heavily impact its relatively small (<1000 km² over 8 known sites) geographical range of inhabitation.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? ... &id=443073http://eol.org/pages/7228337/overview
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Mitsuru Nikaido.CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 07/07/2017: LEGO Mechanized Fiddler Crab-01! Kurashiki, Japan native, and LEGO building master, Mitsuru Nikaido has created one wild-looking beastie, simply dubbed “Mech Fiddler Crab-01.” This MOC (‘My Own Creation’) is one bang up LEGO mechanical robot crab! With articulated claws, eyestalks, and walking legs, you gotta give credit where credit is due! Check out this crab, and many other amazing sea-creature (and land-creature!) themed builds on both the artist’s facebook and flickr pages!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/142497481@N02/https://www.facebook.com/mitsuru.nikaido.9
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Arthur Anker.CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 07/09/2017: Catoptrus nitidus, called “Haigazami” (ハイガザミ) in Japanese, meaning “Lookout Crab,” (literally ‘high-glance!’) is a great Indo-Pacific Family Portunidae/Subfamily Carupinae species. Found in the tropical sublittoral zone waters off the coasts of French Polynesia, Japan, Guam Taiwan, and South China, this unique species is named because it tends to climb to the highest point of a reef mound to search for meals. This Milne-Edwards catalogued species can be readily distinguished from its closest cousin, C. inaequalis, by the presence of three prominent denticles (tooth-like protrusions) on the lower ollbital margin, a basal thickening of the eyestalks, and a bright (almost neon) orange coloration.
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? ... &id=209437http://species-identification.org/speci ... an&id=1062
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”Programme BIOTAS.”CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 07/10/2017: Cymo andreossyi , or The Acro Crab, is an amazing little coral crab found living symbiotically on live Indo-Pacific varieties of Pacillopora, Acropora and Montipora corals. This family Xanthidae crab (occasionally called the “Hairy Coral Crab.”) lives a mutualistic lifestyle with its chosen coral; the coral gains protection and house cleaning services while giving up a few polyps, mucus and captured/settled food particles in exchange for those services. Generally, these drab-colored crabs pose no threat to a coral, but when combined with sickness, and damage from fish/ocean conditions, can stack up to be quite the little pests!
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php? ... &id=208971http://species-identification.org/speci ... an&id=1180
