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 Crab Database

  Pea Crab
 
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Scientific Name:
  Pinnotheres spp. 
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Usual Size:
Male with a carapace about the size of a garden pea
 

                                     Photograph by Andy Horton 
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Information wanted: Please send any records of this crab, with location, date, who discovered it, how it was identified, prevalence, common name and any other details to 
Shorewatch Project EMail Glaucus@hotmail.com. 
All messages will receive a reply. 
Shorewatch Project

 


 

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