Celebration: 1000 Crab Species for "Crabs of the World!"
Congratulations and thank you to the 337 members of “Crabs of the World,” for documenting one thousand species of crabs around the world! We have met my original goal, and now aim for 1,500.
In this post, I’d also like to share a few links. Here are @mikegigliotti’s helpful notes on online crab resources, crab anatomy, and how to photograph a crab:
https://www.inaturalist.org/people/mikegigliotti
And here are some fascinating “firsts” for iNaturalist, followed by some rare and/or spectacular crabs.
a crab that only lives in one waterfall found by @chalita in Thailand:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6139185
a new crab for iNaturalist found by @mako252 in the Gulf of Mexico:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15121802
another new crab for iNaturalist found by @flaviomendez in Brazil:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/11149081#identification-33001571
another first for iNaturalist found by @v_s_ in The Netherlands:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16387663
and another first for iNaturalist found by @coenobita in Australia:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15969134
a rare crab found by @kinmatsu in the Bako N.P., Sarawak, Malaysia:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8611397
a rare Hairy Red Hermit Crab found by @tonydiver in Australia:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13761811
an amazing Elegant Squat Lobster found in The Philippines, by @maractwin:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13020699
a beautiful crab found by @marceloandrsrojasgonzlez in Chile:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/14286866
funny crabs, all lined up, found by @wkcheng71 in Hong Kong:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13111603
a great photo of Goniopsis pulchra found by @gernotkunz in Costa Rica:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/15766437
and my own sighting of Carcinus meanas, invasive in the Salish Sea:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/16399376
Comments
GREAT. congratulations to all of us here.
Thank you, @sarka! It has been amazing seeing so many species from the entire world!
Fantastic!
Thanks, @whaichi! Look forward to many more of your crab observations!
Excelente!!! fascinado con aportar con una foto desde Chile!!!
¡Gracias, Marcelo! Me encanta tu cangrejo chileno.
"a rare crab found by @kinmatsu in Indonesia"
I found it in the Bako N.P., Sarawak, Malaysia.
Thank you, @kinmatsu, I've made this correction.
And here is a nice hermit crab in Florida that is new to iNat. I observed it almost a year ago, but did not manage to ID it until today:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/9216921
You are such a tenacious and dedicated naturalist, Susan, congratulations!
Thanks Wendy. I don't know much about arthropods, but I work hard and long at squeezing and rattling the google search function until the piece of info or photo that I need pops out!
Wow, so much lovely crabbies ! Congratulations to everybody !
Merci beaucoup, @polistesfuscatus! Your contributions to the project are wonderful.
De rien, you're very welcome ! I am really happy to be part of this. I still have several northern australian crabs to put there, I hope they'll be nice additions !
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