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Zebra Urchin Crabs Seen in Malapascua, Philippines (2012), photo by Mark Bockstael (my husband). They display long spines projecting from the body, and a distinctive pattern of stripes across the exoskeleton. the one in the right seems to be a female carrying eggs in her abdomen. Fall,Geotagged,Philippines,Zebrida adamsii,zebra_crab,zebrida_adamsii Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Zebra Urchin Crabs

Seen in Malapascua, Philippines (2012), photo by Mark Bockstael (my husband). They display long spines projecting from the body, and a distinctive pattern of stripes across the exoskeleton. the one in the right seems to be a female carrying eggs in her abdomen.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    Heh, I have no idea what I'm looking at, where it begins or ends :) Posted 9 years ago
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    Patomarazul
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    There are two crabs. They are brown with white stripes and a two-horn shaped head/carapace. The eyes are on each side of the horns and the crab in the right has lots of eggs in her abdomen. They are on top of a very colorful sea urchin. I hope now you can see them :-) Posted 9 years ago

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The Zebrida adamsii

Zebrida adamsii is a striped crab (zebra crab) in the Zebrida genus.

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Similar species: Decapods
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Patomarazul

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Uploaded Jul 3, 2016. Captured Oct 14, 2012 03:53 in Unnamed Road, Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines.
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  • DC1400
  • f/4.3
  • 1/86s
  • ISO128
  • 13mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.