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 *
DSC_8475 Hairy seaweed crab (Notomithrax ursus) 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 *
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 *
