New Zealand Seashore

DSC_8550 Sponge masking crab (Leptomithrax tuberculatus mortenseni) a subspecies of a South East Australian crab from seamounts, which uses small pieces of sponge and bryozoan for masking. Carapace uniformly white. Otago Harbour

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DSC_8550 Sponge masking crab (Leptomithrax tuberculatus mortenseni) a subspecies of a South East Australian crab from seamounts, which uses small pieces of sponge and bryozoan for masking. Carapace uniformly white. Otago Harbour

DSC 8550 Sponge masking crab Leptomithrax tuberculatus mortenseni subspecies South East Australian crab seamounts small pieces of sponge masking Otago Harbour