The Crab Street Journal Photo Gallery

So what do you do?

First you need to plan out a hermit crab related design for your pumpkin.
Then you carve it out.
Take a photo of it.
Upload it to this album

You can enter more than one design if you are that ambitious.

The pumpkin should be carved and designed by YOU.

At the end of October we will place all the entries up for a vote like always and let the members pick the winner.

If you aren't registered on the forums and photo gallery you will be required to sign up to enter the contest, but it's free to sign up.


What is the prize?
This year the prize is your choice of one of the following:

*500 CSJ Dollars to spend on prizes
*20 Gift Card to the pet store of your choice

So get busy planning your Crab O'Lanterns!

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2008 Winner: Paige and she received a $20.00 gift card to PetsMart!

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Give us your best hermit crab valentine rendering and win 100 CSJ dollars!

Your creation will be the official 2009 Valentines Day E card for CSJ.

This is not a photo contest! This is an art contest. Use your photoshop skills, clip art, crayon, drawing, painting, claymation, light bright, etch a sketch, ice sculpture...whatever you choose!

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Download one of our 'Color It' outlines and colour it in using your computer or print it out and use your art materials. Scan it in or take a digital photo and submit it to this gallery.

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A place to share your photos of kids with their crabs!

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Photos of the abdomens of land hermit crabs. The abdomen is the soft, vulnerable portion of the crabs body that must be kept protected in their shell. The abdomens are basically the same between the species but there are some minor differences. There are pleopods found on the abdomen, which are fine appendages, used for clutching eggs, and cleaning the shell. The uropods found on the tip of the abdomen help the crab hold onto their shell.

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Close up photos of antennae of land hermit crabs.
Antennae the ones with "feet" (antennular flagellum) are for smelling, urinate dispensation (gaseously), and to a certain degree "hearing" actually more like a barometer gauge, measuring
pressure, which to us comes as roaring or bass sound waves...the longer Antennae are for sensory
purposes, more hearing and vibration sensing...they pick it up more from objects, than as sound waves...the two antennular systems work together. (thanks to Sue for her description)

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Photos of Commercial Foods with ingredients in descriptions

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Cheliped : (Pronounced kee-li-ped) chelipeds (chela="claw" and ped="foot") Also called grasping claws because of the non-aggressive ways they are used, the chelipeds are what a hermit crab uses to grip while climbing and protect during a crab fight. When eating, you will notice a hermit crab hold the food with one cheliped, and break the food off with the other, passing it to the maxillipeds. The left claw is usually (depending on species) used for climbing or defence. When a hermit crab withdraws within its shell it will use its larger claw to block the entrance to the shell. The right claw is usually used for eating and climbing.
Also known as 'big pincer'

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Photos of exoskeletons shed during molt.

The crab's exoskeleton is made from layers of protein and chitin. The exoskeleton, or cuticle, is hardened by calcium carbonate... The exoskeleton protects the animal and provides points of attachment for the muscles to move the appendages. It helps impede water loss, although a crab still slowly loses water across its exoskeleton." (Fox, S. 2000 p.11)

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The reproductive organs of female land hermit crabs.
Gonopore :

1. an opening through which eggs or sperm are released, esp. in invertebrates. 5
2. any opening between the reproductive system and the outside.

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Also known as the Robber Crab or Coconut Crab

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Also known as 'ruggies'

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Photos of C. purpureus, a land hermit crab native to Japan and neighbouring islands, including Okinawa-jima island.

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