New Zealand Seashore

DSC_6688 Slender pill box crab (Halicarcinus cookii) legs have a row of triangular teeth on the last segment. Highly variable in colour according to habitat. Found in the mid to low intertidal often amongst coralline algae, or among brown seaweeds. Moeraki

DSC6688Slenderpill box crabHalicarcinuscookiiMoeraki