Crab Gallery

A flat rock crab (Percnon planissimum) among boulders in Suck-Em-Up Cave at 25′ 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 yellow-spotted guard crab (Trapezia flavopunctata) in cauliflower coral

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Author: Andrew