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Hanging out under a rock until I turned it over then instead of scurrying off it posed for photos :)
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Hanging out under a rock until I turned it over then instead of scurrying off it posed for photos :)
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Lurking under a rock in the low intertidal zone.
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Lurking under a rock in the low intertidal zone.
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Lurking under a rock in the low intertidal zone.
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Best guess Purple Rock Crab at Te Kaha
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under rock, low tide
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Best guess Purple Rock Crab at Te Kaha
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NIWA coastal crabs book 2015, pg 32 calls it Ozius deplanatus and says: Previously known in New Zealand as Ozius truncatus (an endemic Australian species). But Ozius truncatus is not in the database. Found under a rock in the low intertidal zone.
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NIWA coastal crabs book 2015, pg 32 calls it Ozius deplanatus and says: Previously known in New Zealand as Ozius truncatus (an endemic Australian species). But Ozius truncatus is not in the database. Found under a rock in the low intertidal zone.
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Found under a rock in a rock pool in the mid intertidal.
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Found under a rock in a rock pool in the mid intertidal.
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Under a rock along receding tide
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Under a rock along receding tide