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The shore crab is the most common crab encountered on our shores. Normally a green-ish colour, shore crabs are easily found in rockpools or on the end of crab lines dangled into shallow waters. They aren't exactly picky eaters and will feast on anything and everything they come across, including seaweed, mussels, barnacles and even smaller crabs. If you spot a crab with an orange mass on its stomach, don't be alarmed, they are eggs! Females carry the fertilised eggs with them to protect them from predators. A female with eggs is known as "berried". Although a native species here, the shore crab has become an invasive species in many other parts of the world, including Australia, South Africa and California.