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Identify this marine crab.?

May 12th, 2010
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I need help identifying a certain (crab?) I found while scuba diving in the south pacific. I found it in about 30ft near the USAT Liberty shipwreck off the east coast of Bali.

Sea Spider

if you look closely… it is missing two legs.

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6 Comments on “Identify this marine crab.?”

  1. #1 Labsci
    on May 12th, 2010 at 11:33 pm

    Not enough legs for a crab. Perhaps a starfish?

  2. #2 Mark S
    on May 13th, 2010 at 12:08 am

    I would call your local aquarium–you might try the Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, CA.

  3. #3 Surfer06
    on May 13th, 2010 at 12:19 am

    Starfish .. Undersea spider type creature?? send the pic to a marine biologist

  4. #4 Lem C
    on May 13th, 2010 at 12:28 am

    This looks like a sea spider to me, phylum Pycnogonida. I would check with a Marine Biology professor, check out La Jolla, Santa Cruz, or Oregon State University, they both have good oceanography programs.

  5. #5 Gary
    on May 13th, 2010 at 1:06 am

    Looks like a sea spider, also known as a pycnogonid.

  6. #6 Dolca
    on May 13th, 2010 at 1:26 am

    yeah… that’s him – he did it

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