螃蟹 动物标本剥制壁挂支架 - Matuta planipes - 5.5 cm - 4.5 cm - 3 cm - 非《濒危物种公约》物种 - 1

在印度-太平洋开放的沙滩上，Matuta planipes — Moon Crab — 不走路。它会游泳。它的最后一对脚已扁平化，成宽大的桨状蹼，能在海床上划行，并在几秒钟内向后埋入沙中，当上方掠过的阴影经过时。
从上方看，它圆形、淡色的壳上被细致的橙红色花纹勾勒，如同手绘的花边，边缘还有两根尖锐的小刺。它是海滩自己的芭蕾舞者——圆润、淡色，天生便能优雅地逃离。框架内的每一只桨状腿和细致的色脉都被原样保留。
Real preserved Matuta planipes (Moon Crab) specimen.
Pale cream shell with a fine orange-red lace-like network pattern.
Two pointed spines on either side of the shell.
Rear legs flattened into oar-like swimming paddles.
Professionally mounted in a black wooden shadow box.
Brass nameplate: "Moon Crab / Matuta planipes".
An elegant natural-history / wall-display piece.

A real preserved Moon Crab (Matuta planipes) — a small swimming crab with a round pale shell traced in delicate orange-red lines, edged with spines, and bearing flattened oar-like rear legs. Professionally mounted in a black wooden shadow box with a brass nameplate. An elegant and unusual natural-history display piece. Photos show the actual specimen on offer.