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Thorny Mud Crab ID by E. Turner  
   

Thorny Mud Crab ID by E. Turner

On Fire coral
4th of July dive: Lighthouse Reef, Cayman I

July 4th 2012
First dive. We flew into Grand Cayman late last night arrived just before they closed the car rental place so we didn’t have to take a taxi to Sunshine Suites. Good start. We caught up with Everet and Essy expert critter finders in the Caymans. Awesome. We signed up for 3 dives at the Lighthouse reef. Everet and Essy took us to the shallows north of the pier where we saw Tritonias laying eggs, p ... read more
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Caymanian Flag The Cayman Islands were colonized from Jamaica by the British during the 18th and 19th centuries. Administered by Jamaica since 1863, they remained a British dependency after 1962 when the former became independent.... ... read more
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11th July 2012

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This guy is described as the Thorny Mud Crab in Humann's Reef Creatures. Good shot on a shy subject

Tot: 0.017s; Tpl: 0.003s; cc: 4; qc: 6; dbt: 0.0062s; 1; m:domysql w:travelblog (10.17.0.13); sld: 1; ; mem: 1.1mb