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henrikhedegaard
Hi guys,

During a video/photo liveaboard in Egypt I bumped into this little dude during a night dive.
Couldn't find it in any id books. Can you help out?

Video shot around 7:30pm and the topology was an easy sloping rocky ocean bottom, sadly full of coral debris.

Check the video here (around 3:25 into the video)
http://vimeo.com/henrikhedegaard/testing-r...-subsee-diopter

scubamarli
Looks to be a decorator crab, probably in the Hyastenus genus. Really difficult to pinpoint these ones.
Cheers,
Marli
henrikhedegaard
QUOTE (scubamarli @ Jun 12 2011, 07:53 PM) *
Looks to be a decorator crab, probably in the Hyastenus genus. Really difficult to pinpoint these ones.
Cheers,
Marli


Thx, that's one step closer to the truth smile.gif
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