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Land Crab Going Into Burrow
27 of 51 from Dominican Republic |
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| Gecarcinus ruricola (purple land crab) |
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I had never seen a land crab before. This crab is quite a long way from beach (perhaps a km) but apparently they do return to breed.
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| Camera: | Nikon D2x |
| Date: | Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005 at 10:31 AM |
| Exposure: | 1/60 sec at f3.2 |
| ISO: | 800 asa |
| Lens: | 28-70mm f/2.8 ED-IF AF-S Zoom-Nikkor at 70mm (equivalent field of view of a 105mm lens on a 35mm camera) |
| Region: | Caribbean |
| Scientific Name: | species related to Gecarcinus ruricola (purple land crab) |
| Tag: | Dominican Republic, crab |
| Larger image: | 1999 x 1328 |
| Raw image: | 4288 x 2848 |
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