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By Tani Bell from Alaska, USA
"I always go for a dive on New Years Day. This time, at 136 feet deep, 22 degrees outside, I found a Rhino Crab. It was a great gift!"
Camera: Olympus 5050 digital with a Olympus
PT-015 housing.
Details: Rhinoceros Crab
(Rhinolithodes Wosnessenskii). Remarks: Sighted very infrequently. It is not known whether this slow-moving crab is truly scarce or just overlooked, because it is very hard to distinguish from all the encrusting organisms found in its natural habitat.
Identification:
Carapace triangular in outline with very deep semicircular depressions; claws and legs covered with spines tipped with long hairs. Color usually a light grayish brown except for orange and cream markings in the large carapace depression.
Size: To 64mm (2.5in). Range: Kodiak, Alaska to Crescent City, California. Habitat: Found on rock or gravel bottoms from 6-73m (20-240ft), often residing in crevices. Source: Pacific Coast Crabs and Shrimps by Gregory C. Jensen.
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Read more about diving in Alaska:
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View our previous Shots of the Month:
December
2000 » Cayman Brac, Cayman Island
February 2001 »
Taveuni, Fiji
October 2001 »
Sydney, Australia
November 200 »
Cairns, Australia
February 2002 »
Bangaram Island, India
March 2002 »
Pulau Redang, Malaysia
April 2002 » Pulau
Redang, Malaysia
October 2002 »
Riau Archipelago, Indonesia
November 2002 »
Pulau Aur, Malaysia
December 2002 »
Pulau Aur, Malaysia
February 2003 »
Batam Island, Indonesia
March 2003 »
Pulau Redang, Malaysia
April 2003 » Red
Sea, Egypt
December 2003 » Layang Layang, Malaysia
September 2004 » Lighthouse Reef, Belize
November 2004 » Pulau Redang, Malaysia
January 2005 » Juneau, Alaska
February 2006 » Townsville and Sydney, Australia
March 2006» Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles & Bahamas
June 2006 » Mactan Island, The Philippines
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Underwater Film
Festival
It is the Academy Awards for Underwater Photographers and film-makers.
Instead of an Oscar, you win a Golden Fin.
Held at the Palais des Congrès Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France.
2005 date to be determined. Please visit their Web site.
The Festival Mondial de l'Image Sous-Marine is probably the longest
established underwater photographic competition in the world, celebrating
its 32th edition this year.
FESTIVAL
MONDIAL DE L'IMAGE SOUS-MARINE
62 Avenue de Pins du Cap
06160 ANTIBES JUAN-LES-PINS, FRANCE
E-mail | Fax: (33) 04 93
67 34 93 |
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