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Mediterreanean crab for id please ? - david touitou - 08-09-2010 Hello again, while shooting seashells in France we found this alien guy <img src="images/smiley/smile.gif" alt="" border="0" /> Maybe some of you can identify it ? <img src="http://www.seashell-collector.com/assets/galleries/med3/DSC_4857.jpg" alt="http://www.seashell-collector.com/assets/galleries/med3/DSC_4857.jpg" style="border:0" /> Mediterreanean crab for id please ? - paul monfils - 08-09-2010 David, I believe it is this: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_squinado" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_squinado">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_squinado</a><!-- m --></a> .  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2010-08-09 20:43:41 --</span> Mediterreanean crab for id please ? - david touitou - 08-10-2010 Hello Paul, Maja squinado is very different from this one. It's a "clssic" sea spider. This one was very small and really looks like a true alien (like many species from the ocean. <img src="images/smiley/wink.gif" alt="" border="0" />