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Jumbo Spiny Sand Crabs are best taken by hand during low spring tides. The adults, gravid females, various stages of larval development and zoea are shown here.
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MarineBioPhotography > Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - dorsal view
MarineBioPhotography > Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - ventral view
MarineBioPhotography > Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - detail of female egg mass and telson
MarineBioPhotography > Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - ventral view of gravid female
MarineBioPhotography > Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - extreme close up of egg mass - tiny black eyes can be seen within
MarineBioPhotography > Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - dorsal view of gravid female
MarineBioPhotography > Two zoea larvae freshly hatched out of the eggs, Blepharipoda occidentalis, the Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab.
MarineBioPhotography > One zoea larvae freshly hatched out of the eggs, Blepharipoda occidentalis, the Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab.
MarineBioPhotography > Eggs from Blepharipoda occidentalis, the Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab. Eyes and other developing structures can be seen inside some of these eggs.
Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - dorsal view of gravid female
> Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - dorsal view of gravid female
Blepharipoda occidentalis - Jumbo Spiny Sand Crab - dorsal view of gravid female
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