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Molting Dungeness crabs

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Crab molt

The crabs are molting, the crabs are molting! Last week at Prison Rocks, divers noticed a plethora of Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) carapaces. Pictured above is one that Chris brought back to the College and below is a photo that Malou took underwater of a live crab.Crab underwater

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This entry was posted on January 22, 2016 at 2:21 pm and is filed under Events, Marine organisms. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “Molting Dungeness crabs”

  1. Barbara Holman Says:
    January 23, 2016 at 1:36 am | Reply

    Hi. I’m a Year 4 student and loved marine science with Gary fletcher and marks macavity. Was gear to see race rocks again at this summer’s 40th reunion!

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