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Title: Leach's Spider Crabs. England.
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A pair of Leach's spider crabs (Inachus phalangium), this photo shows a male probably protecting a female (her head is below his left claw), shelter beneath a snakelocks anemone (Anemonia viridis). Selsey Lifeboat Station, Selsey, West Sussex, England, Great Britain. English Channel.
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- Anomura
- Arthropods: Arthropoda
- British Isles
- Crustaceans: Crustacea
- Decapods: Decapoda
- England
- English Channel
- Great Britain
- Invertebrates
- Leach's spider crab: Inachus phalangium
- macro
- Malacostraceans: Malacostracea
- Marine Life
- muck dive
- muck diving
- Selsey
- Spider Crabs: Decorator Crabs: Majidae
- temperate
- UK
- United Kingdom
- West Sussex
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