Crab Gallery

Laurent’s Hermit Crab, (Calcinus laurentae) at 30ft depth, Kua Bay

Convex crab (Carpilius convexus) hiding in coral at 60ft depth

Pale anemone crab (Dardanus deformis) using a pimpled basket snail shell at 30ft depth, Puakō

A yellow-spotted guard crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) shelters in the arms of an antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi)

A pebble crab (Etisus splendidus), photo by Pete Tucker

A yellow-spotted guard crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) shelters in the arms of an cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina)

Yellow hairy hermit crab (Aniculus maximus) at Twin Sisters Cave, photo by Pete Tucker

Haig’s hermit crab (calcinus haigae) at 30ft depth, Hoover’s Tower

A yellow-spotted guard crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) in cauliflower coral

Hawaiian swimming crab (Charybdis hawaiensis) found sheltering in the arms of a cauliflower coral (Pocillopora meandrina) during the day

Red Swimming Crab (Gonioinfradens paucidentata) in a crevice at 40′ depth, Kaloko

Yellow-spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) in a large Elkhorn Coral at O’oma

Red swimming crab (Gonioinfradens paucidentata) in a reef ledge at Pentagon

A flat rock crab (Percnon planissimum) among boulders in a cave at 40′ depth

A yellow-spotted guard crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) in cauliflower coral

A flat rock crab (Percnon planissimum) among boulders in Suck-Em-Up Cave at 25′ depth

Bloody hermit crab (Dardanus sanguinocarpus) in a cave at 20ft depth

A yellow-spotted guard crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) shelters in the arms of an antler coral (Pocillopora eydouxi)

Yellow-spotted Guard Crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) at O’oma

A female sea urchin crab (Echinoecus pentagonus) in the anal cavity of a large banded urchin (Echinothrix calamaris)

Bloody hermit crab (Dardanus sanguinocarpus) on a wall at 20ft depth

Laurent’s Hermit Crab, (Calcinus laurentae) at 25ft depth, Suck-Em-Up Cave

Author: Andrew