Three Tree 2/19

YellowEye · Post by **YellowEye** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 9:26 am

Hi
DLH, Bradmond and myself went to TTN last night. It was a good dive with octos, stubbies, gunnels and the like. I didn't see a single nudibranch though :( There were lots of sea stars (false ochres and leathers), but some looked sick :(

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

bradmond · Post by **bradmond** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 11:19 am

I "liked" that post but would really like more than 1 picture.

ScubaJess · Post by **ScubaJess** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:45 pm

Super Cute!!!!
I love his eyes! Another great shot! How long was your dive?
I just held a hermit crab at Xel-Ha

YellowEye · Post by **YellowEye** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:05 pm

I think our dive was about an hour, maybe a little more.

Forgot to mention... we had the most current I've ever felt at Three Tree. And we were even doing the "antler house" side. Not terrible, but it was a bit of a waterfall current, so we kept it no deeper than 75.

Viz was great! Not mexico great, but great! Enjoy the rest of your time in Mexico!!

pogiguy05 · Post by **pogiguy05** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 10:25 pm

ScubaJess wrote:Super Cute!!!!
I love his eyes! Another great shot! How long was your dive?
I just held a hermit crab at Xel-Ha

I thought Keith was the only critter molester

dlh · Post by **dlh** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 12:14 am

It's was a great night for diving, with decent vis and good dive buddies. And no crabs were harassed in the taking of these pictures!

ScubaJess · Post by **ScubaJess** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 11:42 am

I saved the little crab, he was walking on the boardwalk and almost got squished, so I picked him up and put him back in the water !

dlh · Post by **dlh** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 12:35 pm

Here is a different crop of this hairy crab's eye, which is think is really interesting and weird.

YellowEye · Post by **YellowEye** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 12:57 pm

Ooh, that is pretty cool!

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 4:34 pm

Great shot ! I never noticed

dlh · Post by **dlh** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:47 pm

Does anyone have other shots of this species? I wonder if this is normal or an anomaly to have this sort of structure integrated into the eyeball. I think this is the Spiny Lithoid Crab- Acantholithodes hispidus.

Jan K · Post by **Jan K** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:06 pm

dlh wrote:Does anyone have other shots of this species? I wonder if this is normal or an anomaly to have this sort of structure integrated into the eyeball. I think this is the Spiny Lithoid Crab- Acantholithodes hispidus.

I have Helmet crab's eyes which are similar to yours. Of course not near as good ...

Greg Jensen · Post by **Greg Jensen** » Wed Feb 25, 2015 4:00 pm

It's also a Telmessus (helmet crab). In Acantholithodes the second pair of antennae would be lateral to the eyes, not between them.

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