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A collection of images showing the wonders of nature.
Through this blog you can appreciate biodiversity, wildlife, landscape, geology and mineralogy worldwide as well as artistic expressions of nature and some oddities.
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Rainbow Crab - Cardisoma armatum
This handsome crab is Cardisoma armatum (Decapoda - Gecarcinidae), a species of West African land crab commonly referred to as Rainbow Crab, Moon Crab, and Patriot Crab. It is a brightly colored crab with a blue to purple carapace and orange to red legs. It has been known for specimens to reach sizes of 15-20cm across the carapace.
As in other Gecarcinidae species, these crabs exhibit significant behavioral, morphological, physiological, and/or biochemical adaptations permitting extended activities out of the water. Adults Rainbow Crab have terrestrial habits, some being found several kilometers away from the coast living in brackish or even freshwater habitats, while larval stages are fairly euryhaline, found only in estuarine or coastal waters with higher salinities.
Photo credit: ©Lech Kruszelnicki | Locality: not indicated (2011)
(Source: libutron)
