Attribution: Maristella D'Addario (University of Rome).A small crab, Planes minutus (Columbus crab), living on an individual of Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle). This crab is known to prey upon other sea turtles epibionts.Highly Commended in the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2012:BMC Ecology 2013, 13:6 doi:10.1186/1472-6785-13-6www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/13/6
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. bd.6. AtlasJena,G. Fischer,1902-40.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6307626
Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=BrachyuraSuperfamily=CalappoideaFamily=Matutidae ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.com Genus=Matuta?Common name=Moon crab
Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=BrachyuraSuperfamily=CalappoideaFamily=Matutidae ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.com Genus=Matuta?Common name=Moon crab
Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=BrachyuraSuperfamily=CalappoideaFamily=Matutidae ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.com Genus=Matuta?Common name=Moon crab
Kingdom=AnimaliaPhylum=ArthropodaSubphylum=CrustaceaClass=MalacostracaOrder=DecapodaInfraorder=BrachyuraSuperfamily=CalappoideaFamily=Matutidae ID by Barry(FLICKR) barryvanbakel@yahoo.com Genus=Matuta?Common name=Moon crab