crab id

 caught this little guy in one of our pots yesterday i cna t find out wat it is from anyone or anywere hopeing someone can help

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Thats a strange looking

Thu, 2011-02-03 18:13

Thats a strange looking crab!

 

Never seen anything like it

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 me either taken from

Thu, 2011-02-03 18:17

 me either 

taken from cockburn sound by the way

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Bizarro!

Thu, 2011-02-03 19:09

Interesting looking critter. Got know idea what it is though.

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 anyone know of a place i can

Thu, 2011-02-03 20:39

 anyone know of a place i can take it to get it identified 

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WA Museum?

Thu, 2011-02-03 20:47

Not sure who to contact there though.

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Pebble crab ???

Thu, 2011-02-03 21:15

Hey fella's new to this forum, looks like that crab may be a pebble crab, don't know shit all about them though.

some pictures of a similar crab at

wondercreation.blogspot.com

hope this helps.

 

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i found a crab that looked

Thu, 2011-02-03 21:22

i found a crab that looked like that at point peron diving but was so much bigger it looked like one of them spider crabs as it was really big and covered in all sorts of crap like little mussel things.

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 i think you are right with

Thu, 2011-02-03 22:26

 i think you are right with the pebble crab i googled it and they look pretty simalar

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