#Libinia emarginata

[thisadventurouslife]

3/4/21

Libinia emarginata, or common spider crab, is native to the Atlantic coast of North America. It lives at depths of up to 160 ft (49 m), with exceptional records of up to 400 ft (120 m). Adults are sluggish and not aggressive, and younger crabs are frequently covered with sponges and hydroids. L. emarginata preferentially walks forwards, rather than sideways, although they are also capable of sidelong movement. (X)

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Husks: Atlantic spider crab (Libinia emarginata).

Redpath Museum of Natural History, McGill University, Montreal.

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Okay, okay...LAST time I will post about these. Here they all are, all done and complete and ready to be put into a guide book about Long Island salt marshes for kids at the Ward Melville Heritage Organization. I’ve had the pleasure of being an educator and naturalist with them for the past four years, and I enjoy every minute of it. 

Please do not re-post. 

Done in Prismacolor pencils and mechanical pencil. 1.5 x 1.5 in each

From upper left corner to right:: NN denotes non-native: 

Atlantic Blue Crab (Callinectes sapidus), Soft-shell Clam (Mya arenaria), Asian Shore Crab NN (Hemigrapsus sanguineus), American Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), Slipper Snail (Crepidula fornicata), Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus), Smooth Cordgrass (Spartina alterniflora), Osprey (Pandion haliaetus), Barnacle (spp.), Striped Killifish (Fundulus majalis), Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator), Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis), Hard Clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), Mud Snail (Tritia obsoleta), Common Spider Crab* (Libinia emarginata), Prickly Pear with fruit (Opuntia humifusa), Snowy Egret (Egretta thula), Razor Clam (Ensis leei), Lady Crab (Ovalipes ocellatus), Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica), Ribbed Mussel (Geukensia demissa), Northern Moon Snail (Polinices heros), Green Crab NN (Carcinus maenas), Common Periwinkle (Littorin littorea), Channeled Whelk (Busycon carica)   

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I FOUND A TINY SPIDER CRAB (Libinia emarginata)!!!!