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Body rectangular, eyes wide apart. With 5 spines on the sides. Body
and pincers plain bright orange or red, some with a short thin white
vertical line between the eyes. Coral rubble and reefs. Commonly seen
on many of our shores. |
Body
width 5-7cm. Body rectangular, eyes wide apart. With 5 spines on the
sides. Body and pincers plain blue without any markings. 'Fingers'
are often black with a white tip. Coral rubble and reefs. Commonly
seen on many of our shores. |
5-7cm.
Body rectangular, eyes wide apart. With 4 spines on the sides, bright
blue with dark tips. Pincers have similar blue spines. Coral rubble,
reefs. Commonly seen on many of our shores. |
5-7cm.
Body rectangular, eyes wide apart. With 5 spines on the sides. Body
and pincers plain dark chocolate brown, some with a short white vertical
line between the eyes. Legs may be blue. Coral rubble and reefs. Commonly
seen on many of our shores. |
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width 5-7cm. Body fan-shaped with 6 spines on the sides. Eyes not
wide apart. Legs are purple, pincers orange claws with dark tips.
Commonly seen on our Northern shores. |
5-7cm. Body fan-shaped with 5-6 spines on the sides. Eyes not wide
apart. Legs banded dark brown and bright blue, pincer tips similarly
banded. Sometimes seen on some of our shores. |
5-20cm. Can be enormous! Body fan-shaped with 9 spines on the sides,
last pair not enlarged. Eyes not wide apart. Seagrass areas. Sometimes
seen on some of our shores. |
5-20cm.
Body fan-shaped with 9 spines on the sides, the last pair enlarged
into a protruding spike. Eyes not wide apart. Seagrass areas. Commonly
seen on many of our shores. |
Body
width 2-6cm. Body fan-shaped with 8-9 spines on the sides. Eyes not
wide apart. Seagrasses and seaweeds. Commonly seen on our Northern
shores among seagrasses and seaweeds. |