Cruise aboard R/V Yellowfin, Sept. 18, 2002

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This large crab had a pair of very sharp lateral spines on the carapace
(Mursia gaudichaudii, the only California member of the mostly tropical
family, Calappidae -- I.D. thanks to Dr. Jody Martin, L.A. Co. Museum of Natural
History)

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Image by D.J. Eernisse © 2002