can anyone ID this shellfish
Submitted by alex.bern on Mon, 2012-11-26 08:35
Gday all, can anyone ID this shell fish found in a Pilbara salt water creek?
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Carry
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dont know
seen a few up cossack but wouldnt have a clue interested to find out as well
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Gaffatron
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looks like a scorpion!
looks like a scorpion!
Yewiefish85
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Have seen them around
Have seen them around Hedland too, would be good to know what they are
petervb
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looks like a hermit crab
looks like a hermit crab without a shell :)
crasny1
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Nope
Hermit crabs nether end is soft without an exoskeleton. But then I have no idea. Perhaps a skinny tailed saltwater lost marron.
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GusG
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Looks like the thing out of
Looks like the thing out of Alien!!!
grantarctic1
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Mangrove Lobster
It might be a Mangrove Lobster . ?
http://wamuseum.com.au/dampier/explore_crustacean_mangrovelobster.asp
crasny1
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Well done mate
that looks like the one. Damn I was wrong
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squidder
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Spot on
grantarctic.
A mate of mine set a small meshed trap many yrs back and caught quite a few up that way.
grantarctic1
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Living Fossil
I found it intresting that its a living fossil and can be bought quite easily online at many stores or even E-Bay.
It is also called a Mud lobster and hasnt changed much over 1000s of years.
http://www.fossilshack.com/fossil-lobsters--crabs.html
Some interesting fossil's for sale at the link above , including the Mangrove Lobster .
Cheers Grant .
alex.bern
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Yep Mangrove or Mud Lobster,
Yep Mangrove or Mud Lobster, found it in a book in the Fisheries office in town. Interesting little thing, cheers everyone!