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Hundreds of crabs walking across the mud, disappearing or appearing from many holes in the mud. Low tide on the Manukau Harbour.
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Hundreds of crabs walking across the mud, disappearing or appearing from many holes in the mud. Low tide on the Manukau Harbour.
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Think this is a Tunneling Mud Crab Austrohelice crassa, a New Zealand endemic.
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Think this is a Tunneling Mud Crab Austrohelice crassa, a New Zealand endemic.
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Claws fit snugly against carapace to give this all-over armour.
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Claws fit snugly against carapace to give this all-over armour.
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Claws fit snugly against carapace to give this all-over armour.
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Box crab, beneath the jetty.
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Box crab, beneath the jetty.
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Box crab, beneath the jetty.
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Under boardwalk beneath cafe.
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Dead.
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Under dock. Large. Enough said.
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Dead.
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Huge and scary. About a dozen on pilings and rocks.
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First time seeing this species in the intertidal.