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Several more views of the species. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2000. Captured subtidally at Sares Head.
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This closeup of the head shows the pointed rostrum and the pattern of wide brown and narrower translucent bands on the antennae.
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Phyllolithodea papillosus often takes refuge under the crimson anemone Cribrinopsis fernaldi. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2008
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This view of the undrside of the right chela shows the orange coloration with white teeth. Note the underside of the chela is almost smooth while the upper side has spines and setae.
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This view of the face shows the red eyes, the flattened scales, and the blunt dorsal and ventral lobes on the rostrum.
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This view of the underside shows the soft abdomen which is not held tightly against the underside of the thorax.
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As in many Lithodid crabs, the abdomen is broad and sculptured. The abdominal plates are softer in the middle. Note also the long bristly setae on the chelae.
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A small Hapalogaster mertensii found near Rosario. Carapace about 1.5 cm wide. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2011 )
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Phyllolithodes papillosus subtidal from Sares Head. About 5 cm carapace width. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2000)
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Lopholithodes mandtii, about 15 cm across carapace. Caught by SCUBA off Sares Head Photo by Dave Cowles
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This view of the dorsal carapace shows the numerous spines both on the carapace (with larger spines around the margins) and on the legs and abdomen.
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This view of the underside shows the soft abdomen with setose spines. The abdomen is not held tightly under the thorax.
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This closeup view of the face shows the rostrum which is covered with spines its entire length.
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Acantholithodes hispidus, about 1 cm carapace width, found on a muddy sand bottom at about 20 m depth in Admiralty Bay, WA. (Photo by: Dave Cowles, July 2014 )
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Cryptolithodes sitchensis rostrum is widest at the tip
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Cryptolithodes sitchensis underside. Note that the propodus of the chela is smooth, and that the abdominal plates do not have raised margins. The underside of the carapace is nearly always white. Photo by Dave Cowles, July 2001
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