New Zealand Seashore

DSC_8477 Peron's seaweed crab (Notomithrax peronii) hand held, showing claw colour. A slender 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 *

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DSC_8477 Peron's seaweed crab (Notomithrax peronii) hand held, showing claw colour. A slender 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 *

Peron's Decorator crab DSC 8477 Notomithrax peronii camouflage seaweed Otago Harbour seaweed crab papaka huna