Crabs

Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting tail, usually entirely hidden under the thorax. They live in all the world's oceans, in fresh water, and on land, are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton and have a single pair of claws.

Crabs are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton, composed primarily of calcium ca ...

rbonate, and armed with a single pair of claws. Crabs are found in all of the world's oceans, while many crabs live in fresh water and on land, particularly in tropical regions. Crabs vary in size from the pea crab, a few millimeters wide, to the Japanese spider crab, with a leg span of up to 4 meters.  Wiki

Crabs News

  • Antique On The Rise Malalison And Seco Islands

    Malalison and Seco islands, both located in Antique province, used to be off-beat tracks. Now they're starting to attract public attention, Malalison Island with its rolling hills and Seco Island with its sandbar surrounded by clear waters.

    Malalison Island: A small community in a picturesque island

    From the port in Culasi, it took us about 15-20 minutes to reach Malalison Island. The island didn't seem impressive at first (the view is better on the back of the island where you can clearly see the rolling hills), but I was awed by the aquamarine water on the beach at the right end of the ...

  • Exploring Bohol

    Seeing Tarsiers, the chocolate hills, watching crabs, swimming in a cave and snorkelling in Bohol in the Philippines.

    The beat is produced by 9'th Line and is called beautiful.

  • Coconut Crab Now Endangered In Batanes

    As everyone who has visited Batanes knows, a traditional delicacy there is coconut crab (Birgus latro), locally called tatus. In the past the population of tatus used to be high, but today such population is now small. This has prompted the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to craft measures to conserve this species of crab.

    Birgus latro is a species of the terrestrial hermit crab, which is also sometimes called robber crab or ganjo crab (palm thief). According to our friend Wikipedia, Birgus latro is the largest land-living arthropod in the world and is said to be one of the ...

  • Visiting Olango Bird Sanctuary

    The start of a week long trip encompassing Cebu and eastern Mindanao in the company of Richard. We kicked off with a visit to Olango, arriving there at 10:00 on 5th January. We returned in the afternoon of the 6th after a successful visit to Tabunan forest.

    There were plenty of waders in evidence. Of the larger species the most obvious were the large number of Whimbrel, with fewer Far Eastern Curlew. A total of 9 Eurasian Curlew were also present, and were strikingly different, particularly in flight. The white back was obvious, but more interesting was the overall plumage tones which had a ...