New Zealand Seashore

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 *

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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 *

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