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Spider Crab 2
Spider Crabs dining on a Fried Egg Jelly on Axial Seamount. Video credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF; Dive R1615; V13
Spider Crab 3
Spider Crab, closeup of them eating a Fried Egg Jelly. Video credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF; Dive R1615; V13
Spider Crab 4
Spider Crab, close up of Fried Egg Jelly buffet. Video credit: OOI-NSF/UW/CSSF; Dive R1615; V13
Spider Crab
A spider crab encountered at the Axial Base site (2600m deep) during a cable survey. Photo Credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF, Dive 1739, V14
Spider Crab rear view
A rear view of the Spider Crab Macroregonic macrochira at Axial Seamount. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1727; V14
Spider Crab on lava
The spider crab Macroregonic macrochira is very common at Axial Seamount. Credit:UW/NSF-OOI/CSSF; ROPOS Dive R1727; V14.
Spider Crab feasting on a jellyfish
This spider crab takes full advantage of a large food source – probably a jellyfish or anemone – on Axial Seamount's lava floor. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1720; V14.
Spider Crab at Axial Seamount
A spider crab dines on the remains of an unknown organism on Axial Seamount. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1719; V14.
Spider Crab Up Close and Personal
Spider crabs are quite common throughout Axial Seamount's caldera. Photo credit: NSF-OOI/UW/CSSF; Dive R1721; V14.