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t00thpasteface · 2 days

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been spending most their lives living in crustacean paradise

#i got my phone wet for this photo :(#shebbz shoutz #shebbz irl #hermit crab #thin striped hermit crab #crustacean #marine biology #beach

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infinitebrians · 2 days

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LOBTER

#drawdogs #art #pixel art #crustacean #lobster

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magistralucis · 2 days

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so unbelievably happy with my deep sea giant isopod figure

#isopod #roly poly #giant isopod #deep sea giant isopod #crustacean #bathynomous giganteus #dango mushi #this is the frivolous purchase i mentioned some weeks back #he shipped directly from japan and is an incredibly detailed capsule toy :D he was like 27 quid shipping included and 100% worth it #we also have a rubber ducky figure #if there's a magic potion figure up for sale sometime i'm getting that one too #i love isopods very very much... real comfort crustacean atm

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typhlonectes · 3 months

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#crab #crustacean #animals #nature #science #memes

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crab-justice · 1 year

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#shrimp #crustaceans #crustacean #tiktok #as always if you find a better quality version i will reblog

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thefoilguy · 4 months

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Lobster - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

#lobster #crustacean #sea life #sea creature #foil #sculpture #fanart #animal #lobster sculpture #lobster art #lobster fanart

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samimarkart · 1 month

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Blackwater Dive

2024, hand bleached and dyed denim, cotton batting and thread

inspired by blackwater photography of plankton! this was my first time layering bleach painting. All the silhouettes were painted with bleaching gel, loosely tie dyed, and then bleached again to make the highlights. I quilted the piece using my free motion foot to outline each individual animal and tacked down the rest of the quilt with small satin stitches that remind me of marine snow. I dyed bias tape to match. super happy with this one and excited to show it in a gallery setting soon!

#my art #queer artist #fiber art #quilt #plankton #marine biology #art #hand dyed #bleach painting #quilting #sewing #sewing machine #shrimp #crustacean #cephalopod #squid #crab #lobster

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hieronymusarchives · 9 months

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Crab tureen, 1736-95

Artists in Jingdezhen, China. Porcelain

Peabody Essex museum, Salem MA

#crab #crabs #crustacean #vessels #objects #ceramics

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bedupolker · 5 months

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Half Life

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#comic #traditional art #the symposium #scorpion #crayfish #crustacean #arachnid #my art #long #long post

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sixteenseveredhands · 11 months

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Shellback Crabs: these crabs create their own shields out of clamshells; their semi-membranous bodies can be pressed into the contours of the shell, producing a suction mechanism that holds the shell in place

The members of this genus (Hypoconcha) have a series of unique adaptations that facilitate this kind of camouflage behavior. Many of the Dromiidae crabs (e.g. hermit crabs, sponge crabs, shellback crabs, etc.) are equipped with a specialized pair of legs that enables the crab to hold a shell, sea sponge, and/or ascidian against their body, but shellback crabs also have a flexible, semi-membranous body that can be tucked more firmly into the contours of a bivalve shell, producing a suction mechanism that keeps the shell firmly locked in place.

The body of the shellback crab is also covered in a very fine layer of hair-like structures called setae, and when the crab presses itself against the shell, these membranous "hairs" can take on an almost translucent appearance, particularly around the margins of the crab's body.

I recently posted some photos/info about some of the crabs in the genus Lamarckdromia (which belongs to the same family) and as I was doing the background research for that post, I was just kind of mesmerized by all of these weirdly adorable crabs that seem to exist within the Dromiidae family tree. Each genus has its own unique adaptations that allow the crabs to use specific materials for camouflage -- some of them use living sponges, clamshells, ascidians, etc.

And I could not stop laughing at the little faces on these crabs. They've all got the same bemused/indignant expression...as if some random asshole has just walked up to them, shoved them over, and announced to the entire ocean that there's a crab hiding beneath that disguise; as if that actually happens to them quite a lot, and they're getting really sick of it.