A small, orange Helmet crab, Cryptolithodes sitchensis, crawls along the rocky bottom of a kelp forest near a Blue top snail.
A small, orange Helmet crab, Cryptolithodes sitchensis, crawls along the rocky bottom of a kelp forest near a Blue top snail, Calliostoma ligatum. This crab is common from Alaska to San Diego. Monterey Bay, California, Pacific Ocean.
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Location: Monterey, California, Pacific Ocean
Photo credit: © Ethan Daniels / Alamy / Afripics
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