Mediterreanean crab for id please ?

[david touitou]

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" />

[paul monfils]

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>

[david touitou]

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" />