http://www.dafni.com/crustacea/Xanthid_unknown_Mori.JPG Photo Credit: M. Chen. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/17/2017: Xanthias lividus, (previously Xantho lividus) or The Purple Reef Crab is a family Xanthidae species found in mid-latitude tropical Indo-Pacific waters. Called “Murasaki Hime-ougigani...

http://media.eol.org/content/2016/07/21/19/47191_580_360.jpg Photo Credit: Dr. Scott Mills. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/16/2017: The Smooth Redeye Crab, or Eriphia sebana is an Indo-African family Eriphiidae species of reef crab, first observed by Shaw & Nodder in 1803. A tidal/rocky shore-dwe...

http://decapoda.free.fr/images/brachyura/Lydia_annulipes_RNG_920-20.jpg Photo Credit: G. Paulay. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/15/2017: Lydia annulipes, or The Sand Ring Crab is an Indo-African/Pacific species known as “Kibaougigani” in Japan (キバオウギガニ) and “Huán wén jīnshā xiè” in China. (环纹金沙蟹) Thi...

WHICH ONE OF YOU POOR FOLKS IS "dropcloth" on EBAY?!?!?! Good lord look at all those custom corps!

https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/content/media/29/389579-small.jpg Photo Credit: Mark Norman. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/14/2017: The Bristled Sponge Crab, or Austrodromidia octodentata, is a species of Australian carrier crab, known for ‘wearing’ a chunk of colonial Ascidian sponge like...

https://static.inaturalist.org/photos/2170963/medium.jpg Photo Credit: 'David R.' iNaturalist.org. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/13/2017: Charybdis hawaiensis, called The Hawaiian Swimming Crab and sometimes, The Hawaii Rock Crab is an Indo-Pacific swimming crab from family Portunidae. Common at scu...

http://media.eol.org/content/2011/12/29/08/21082_580_360.jpg Photo Credit: Moorea Biocode, 2009. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/12/2017: Caphyra yookadai, called “Tosakagazami” (トサカガザミ) in Japanese, is a beautifully speckled family Portunidae swimming crab found in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Chin...

http://eoldata.taibif.tw/files/eoldata/imagecache/data_object_image/images/39/201072720253_311701_.jpg Photo Credit: Chien-Hui Yang. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/10/2017: Pachycheles pisoides, called The Thick Pea Porcelain Crab, (豌豆厚瓷蟹 or “Wāndòu hòu cí xiè” in Chinese/ ミナミコブカニダマシ or “Minamikobuka...

https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8600/28190509242_ce78bebef9.jpg Photo Credit: Peter Ng & Hironori Komatsu. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/09/2017: Nursia tohae, or “Toh’s Coral Rubble Mimic Crab is a small, triangle-shaped leucosiid crab, found only in Panglao, the Philippines, and Pulau Hantu in S...

http://chemistry.csudh.edu/faculty/jim/cozfeb05small/box.jpg Photo Credit: Jim Lyle. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/08/2017: Calappa gallus, The Rough Box Crab- also called the ‘Lumpy Box Crab,’ the ‘Yellow Box Crab, ’Poki Poki,’ (Hawaii) and ‘Kobukarappa.’ (or コブカラッパ in Japanese.) This tropical/bent...

https://www.naturamediterraneo.com/Public/data7/stefano%20guerrieri/DSCF1167a.jpg_200971318940_DSCF1167a.jpg Photo Credit: Stefano Guerrieri di Livorno. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/06/2017: Ilia nucleus, or The Spanish Nut Crab, is a small, deep-dwelling species of widely distributed Atlantic Ocea...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3848/33163446006_37954d60bd_c.jpg Photo Credit: Sylke Rohrlach. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/05/2017: The Mediterranean Slipper Lobster, or Scyllarides latus is a family Scyllaridae/subfamily Arctidinae species found in a variety of Atlantic Ocean Locales, namely the M...

http://crustiesfroverseas.free.fr/images/brachyura/i-cymopolia-affinis-rathbun-1918-pl46.jpg Photo Credit: Mary J. Rathbun, 1918. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/02/2017: Palicus affinis, or The Antillean Stilt Crab is a largely un-studied species of family Palicidae “Stilt Crab,” found mainly in the ...

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_2pE5n2wE7k/WOcOhOXPJDI/AAAAAAABUYc/PTWtQ39a3GcnFIIEgEFb57PWwQ1iP5FIwCLcB/s400/Coleusia_janani-novataxa_2017-Giraldes_Al-Maslamani_et_Smyth-zootaxa_4250-4.jpg Photo Credit: Bruno Welter Giraldes, Ibrahim Al-Maslamani, and David Smyth, 2017. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 05/01...

http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/APICollection/media/31929/640 Photo Credit: Victoria University Zoology Dept. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 04/30/2017: Trichopeltarion fantasticum, or The New Zealand Frilled Crab is a great example of recent taxonomic re-clarification! This family Trichopeltariidae, ...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7349/27034950110_dcbe63f3f5_z.jpg Photo Credit: Ondřej Radosta. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 04/29/2017: Tanaoa pustulosus, or The Southern Globe Crab, (in Japanese, it’s called “Shirikenkobushi” or シリケンコブシ, meaning ‘Shiri Sword Warrior Crab!’) is an Indo-West Pacific Leu...

Does any one else collect these?

NICE! That orange is pretty wild as well! I'll take it!

https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/179/397611592_6d53701581_z.jpg Photo Credit: Arthur Anker. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 04/28/2017: Glyptoxanthus angolensis , or The Florida Eroded Crab is a species of family Xanthidae crab, seen in Florida, The Gulf, São Tomé Island, and West Africa. This peculiar crab...

THEGODBEAST wrote:Maybe see you tonight for some Cosmic Instar action?

Definitely! I just took your last Blister, Blister Reverse, and Darkling Mushi!

Jeebus! Another glyos related drop in as many days! Whatta month! Nezumiiro, I release 6 times per year (every other month) and this is currently my 4th year in production. Wave 19 was March 5th, so Wave 20 April 28th is actually almost 2 months (54 days to be exact) since my previous wave. Before ...

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7335/16303821008_cac33bb7f6_z.jpg Photo Credit: Shohei Shigeta. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 04/27/2017: Calcinus lineapropodus, The Line-Legged Hermit Crab, known in Japan as the “Kazari Coral Hermit Crab,” (カザリサンゴヤドカリor Kazarisangoyadokari) is a brilliant family Diogeni...

Jeebus! Another glyos related drop in as many days! Whatta month!

http://www.roboastra.com/Crustacea5/images/hpde301.jpg Photo Credit: Denis Riek. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 04/25/2017: Actaeodes tomentosus, The Velvet Millet Crab (ビロードアワツブガニor “Birōdoawatsubugani” in Japanese!) is a coral-dwelling Xanthid with a furred, or ‘velvety’ purple carapace and orange spo...

http://imager.mnhn.fr/imager3/w400/media/1427798214869eS3nb5Bv8rxfWstA Photo Credit: Denis Riek. CRINCH! #CrabOfTheDay for 04/24/2017: Oreotlos etor, The Halimeda Mimic Crab, is a great family Leucosiidae species from New Zealand/New Caledonia, and the second of our recent mimic crabs! This Crab, c...