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Tiny brittle beauty
ID: Porcelain crab
Like the name, this unique beauty seems to have a bizarre and painful defensive mechanism, when threatened or approached by a predator, these beauties shed off their limbs. But unlike the name suggests, these seem to be false crabs and are rather much closer to a lobster than an actual crab, though their body structure, very significantly, resembles a crab.This tiny beauty seemed to be feeding on the rock on which it was found.
EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro + Raynox DCR 250
F/18
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 800
Handheld, External flash fired
location: Carter Road, Bandra
P.S.: The information about the Porcelain crab was shared by the knowledgeable marine life experts/enthusiasts.
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Such a little lovely crab snapped. Wonderful.
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Nice sighting. Lovely colour and textures on its body. Thanks for sharing the detailed behavior information.