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Title: Discarded Crab Skeletons. Dorset, UK.
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Discarded exoskeletons following moulting of spider crabs (Maja squinado) in shallow water off the south coast of England in summer (August). Spider crabs move inshore and aggregated for protection (safety in numbers) while moulting. These shells show they are nearby. Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England. British Isles. English Channel.
- Alexander Mustard
- Alex Mustard/2020VISION
- Atlantic Ocean
- British Isles
- Dorset
- England
- English Channel
- Great Britain
- marine
- reprodcution
- spiny spider crab: spider crab: Maja squinado
- temperate
- UK
- United Kingdom
- wide angle
- © Alexander Mustard