#Loxorhynchus crispatus

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My daughter Hillary

[montereybayaquarium]

Feeling crabby this Monday morning? Well, we think you look fabulous.

📷 : A large decorator crab Loxorhynchus crispatus in "Pinch me, I'm dreaming" conditions at North Monastery Beach, Carmel, California.

[typhlonectes]

Eerie Critters of the Deep: Cryptic Animals 

For Halloween 2017, our Eerie Critters of the Deep series continues with “Cryptic Animals”, a compilation of animals that have developed adaptations (color, behavior, habitat selection) that make them cryptic (hidden) to avoid predators.

See if you can spot these creatures in their natural habitats:

Masking crab (Loxorhynchus crispatus), Medusa fish (Icichthys lockingtoni), Tongue fish (Symphurus), Sea spider (Pycnogonid), Deep Sea Crab (Neolithoides diomedae), Sea slug (Tritonia tetraquetra), Seastar (Dytaster), Amphipod (Phronima), and the Deep-sea skate (Bathyraja abyssicola).

Video producer: Linda Kuhnz Music: Halloween by Filippo Vicarelli

via: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI)