Caribbean Land Hermit Crab with Carriben Top Shell house. For more information check http://www.mahahualbeachhouse.com.
Caribbean Land Hermit Crab
Caribbean Land Hermit Crabs at Punta Herradura, collected at roadside
Caribbean Land Hermit Crabs at Punta Herradura
White Sand Crab- also called Ghost Crab. It inhabits the littoral close to water line
White Sand Crab- inhabits littoral close to water line
Pink Sand Crab- inhabits littoral more distant from water line
Pink Sand Crab
Pink Sand Crab-
Caribbean Cushion Starfish- common dweller in sand areas and turtle grass flats close to the shore
Sea Star
collected after storm- black corals, sponges and fan corals
collected after storm- black corals, sponges, drift wood and shells
Spawning Mangrove Land Crabs at Rio Bermecho- thousands of crabs congregated in the water close to the outflow into the sea. The carapace of most individuals becomes almost white during spawning.
Spawning Mangrove Land Crabs at Rio Bermecho- thousands of crabs congregated in the water close to the outflow into the sea.
carapace color often changed to white during spawning
Spawning Mangrove Land Crabs at Rio Bermecho- These crabs are beautiful during spawning.
big specimen of spawning crab
big specimen - look at the beautiful colors shown during spawning
Spawning Pink Land Crabs at Rio Bermecho- thousands of crabs congregated in the water close to the outflow into the sea.
Spawning Mangrove Land Crabs at Rio Bermecho- Some of the crabs are huge.
Spawning Mangrove Land Crabs at Rio Bermecho- thousands of crabs congregated in the water close to the outflow into the sea. Here some individuals seen climbing the walls of the bridge.
Pink Land Crab. A number of these crabs inhabit our fresh water pond.
Chiton- a primitive mollusc that bear very characteristic shell segments- is a typical dweller of the intertidal zone in areas of rocky coast lines (here at Punta Herradura)
Carribean Land Hermit Crabs. These individual​s were collected (and released) at Punta Herradura. The colony at Punta Herradura is particular​ly large, perhaps because of the abundance of Carribean Top Shells, which inhabits the waters around this small rocky peninsular
Carribean Land Hermit Crabs. These individuals were collected (and released) at Punta Herradura. The colony at Punta Herradura is particularly large, perhaps because of the abundance of Carribean Top Shells, which inhabits the waters around this small rocky peninsular
empty crab shell left after molting of a shore crab
Pink Land Crab - female with eggs attached to abdomen.
Caribbean Land Hermit Crab with beautiful shell
Empty shell of a Sponge Crab, left after molting. This is a marine crab, which is very good camouflagued by decorating itself with sponges. I have never seen one while snorkeling. I found this shell on the beach.
Turtle nest that was poached by Coatis or feral dogs. Land hermit crabs obviously smell the broken turtle eggs and feast on the remnants.
We discovered this dug-out turtle nest (with hermit crabs all over it) during the night while on a excursion to observe nesting turtles.
