DSC_0397 Estuarine pill box crab or papaka (Halicarcinus whitei) detail of 'pear-shaped' carapace. Both intertidal and subtidal zones. Hides buried in mud, or sand, or amongst seagrass, on sheltered shores.Adults roam when covered by the tide. It is euryhaline, which means it can adapt to a wide variety of salinities. Warrington *
DSC_5100 Small seaweed crab (Notomithrax minor) a short-legged, triangular bodied crab, which removes living seaweed from rocks and attaches them to hooked hairs on its back, where the weed continues to grow as an effective camouflage. Otago Harbour *
DSC_3900 Hairy seaweed crab (Notomithrax ursus) beneath rock at low tide. A slender legged, very hairy, triangular bodied crab, which removes living seaweed from rocks and attaches them to hooked hairs on its back, where the weed continues to grow as an effective camouflage. Harrington Point, Otago Harbour *
