Collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.
This Hemigrapsus nudus has a large, ovigerous female parasite Portunion conformis (Isopoda) in its body cavity. The pink sac is a brood pouch, full of parasite eggs and larvae. Collected from Bamfield, BC.
Eyes Under Puget SoundThis species image was collected from Puget Sound sediments and photographed by the Washington State Department of Ecologys Marine Sediment Monitoring Team. For more information about this teams work visit: www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/eap/psamp/index.htm.Cant get enough benthos? Check out our Eyes Under Puget Sound Critter of the Month species profile blogs at bit.ly/critterofthemonth
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. bd.6. AtlasJena,G. Fischer,1902-40.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6307670
Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898-1899. bd.6. AtlasJena,G. Fischer,1902-40.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6307650