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A pink, white and black colored boxing crab holds two anemones in its claws.
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Boxing Crab

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Hermit crabs, like this one collected in Moorea, usually protect their soft, vulnerable abdomens from predators by reusing empty snail shells. This specimen shows the crab without its customary borrowed shelter.
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Hermit Crab Without a Shell

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With seven pairs of legs, nine eyes, and shells the shape of flying saucers, horseshoe crabs look like aliens from the deep.
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Horseshoe Crab from Thailand

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a fossil of an ancient arthropod
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The Lace Crab

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Diagram showing gills on a crab absorbing nutrients
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Crab Gills Absorb Nutrients

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a small spikey crab sits on a black background
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Tiny Crab Gains a Big Audience

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A blue crab on the Mid-Atlantic coast of the U.S.
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Coastal Blue Crab

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Horseshoe Crab in Stage Harbor, Massachusetts
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This Flu Season, Thank a Horseshoe Crab

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Porcelain crab on anemone at Pescador Island, Cebu, Philippines.
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Porcelain Crab and Anemone

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Ghost crabs are often seen scuttling quickly along beaches, and can be difficult to photograph in the wild. They are common in Moorea where this specimen was collected.
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Ghost Crab Close Up

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A juvenile swimming crab sits on a bed of sargassum seaweed.
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Adult Swimming Crab

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A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head
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A Sponge Crab's Updo

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