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Sawedged Spooner Crab - Etisus utilis With beautiful pink eyes! Etisus utilis,Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Sawedged Spooner Crab Click/tap to enlarge

Sawedged Spooner Crab - Etisus utilis

With beautiful pink eyes!

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    So cute that I could pinch its carapace! Posted 4 years ago
    1. View Patomarazul's profile
      Patomarazul
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      Yes! I must say they are also edible and taste really good..ehem.. Posted 4 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Oh really? I always thought crab was the tastiest crustacean. Posted 4 years ago

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The Sawedged Spooner Crab

Size to 15 cm (6 in.). Carapace is shades of brown with two rectangular lobes between eyes and seven large forward curving marginal teeth. Three spines on wrist and three to five on palm. Black pincers.

Indo-West Pacific to New Caledonia, also Japan.

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Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Patomarazul
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Sep 21, 2020. Captured Nov 10, 2019 12:16 in Unnamed Road, Kobe, Weda Tengah, Kabupaten Halmahera Tengah, Maluku Utara, Indonesia.
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  • TG-5
  • f/4.5
  • 1/100s
  • ISO200
  • 8.41mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.