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A large lithodid crab crawling along a rock wall. This crab appears to bemissing its left rear leg. They will regenerate so this should be a temporaryinconvenience to the crab. The two red laser dots below the crab help todetermine its size as having a carapace at least four inches acrossand a total legspan of almost 1/2 meter. (Image credit: NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard)