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Elassochirus cavimanus
(Purple Hermit Crab)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2237)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Auke Bay, Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
75 meters
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 25, 2007
Elevation (m)
UTM Zone #
Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
2237
Notes
This deepwater species is immediately recognizable by the brilliant (here faded somewhat) violet color on the claws. The walking legs are red or orange with white polka-dots. For preserved material in which the color is lost the carpus of the right claw (carpus is the next segment toward the body after the claw 'hand', in this genus usually the widest part of big claw) has a single row of blunt spines running lengthwise.
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