Description:

This diagram shows stylized illustrations of the external anatomy of a Pacific Sand Crab (Emerita analoga), also commonly known as the Pacific Sand Mole. This crustacean belongs to the clade Decapoda, and is native to sandy beaches of California. All model individuals - and the representative individual illustrated here - are females, which tend to be larger than the males, and have additional appendages called pleopods.

Medium:

watercolor and micron pen on hot press watercolor paper, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign