Spanner Crabs Raninidae

Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)
Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) crouching red grumpy armoured defensive defense defending claws alien Crustaceans |Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)

Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)
Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) crouching red grumpy armoured defensive defense defending claws alien alert Crustaceans |Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)

Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) showing tasseled rear legs used to dig into sand.
Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) showing tasseled rear legs used to dig into sand. armoured hairy tufts crustacean Crustaceans |Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)

Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) in defense pose.
Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) in defense pose. crouching red grumpy armoured defensive defense defending claws alien alert rearing Crustaceans |Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)

Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) in defense pose.
Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) showing tasseled rear legs used to dig into sand. crouching red grumpy armoured defensive defense defending claws alien alert Crustaceans |Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)

Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) partially buried in sand.
Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) partially buried in sand. red grumpy armoured defensive defense defending claws alien alert hiding hidden covered bury tunneling digging Crustaceans |Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)

Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) Commercial species.
Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina) Commercial species. crouching red grumpy armoured defensive defense defending claws alien alert Crustaceans |Spanner Crab (Ranina ranina)