9th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
A Lined Shore Crab eating the arm of another of its species. The scientific name for this animal is pachygrapsus crassipes.

A Lined Shore Crab eating the arm of another of its species. The scientific name for this animal is pachygrapsus crassipes.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2011
Date Uploaded: 08.2011
Photo Location: Cambria, California, United States of America
Camera: PENTAX K-5
Copyright: © Eric Mackey