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What you're looking at isn't a crab at least, not anymore. We collected several species of crab, including hermit crabs and this rock crab, which molted shortly after we placed it in the tank and retreated out of sight while its new shell hardened. Mouse over (or click on) the image to pop open this discarded carapace and take a look under the hood.

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