The 'Hoff' Crab discovery

A new species of Crab have been discovered and have been given the name the "Hoff Crab" in honor of celebrity/entertainer David Hasselhoff (formerly of "Knight Rider", "Baywatch", "America's Got Talent", etc., fame):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blo ... s=blogpost

Interesting looking creatures, aren't they?

After clicking through a couple of links on the article, I was able to find a picture of the actual new crab species *, can't link directly to it ), rather than the picture of a similar but different crab in the original article. They are definitely different from my typical thoughts of a crab. They're a lot more pale and have thicker limbs.

It just goes to show that there may yet be many undiscovered creatures living in the depths of the oceans.

It seems actor David Hasselhoff may be quite happy to have a new species of crab named after him from reading this article:

http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20 ... rity-crabs

I'm glad he's a good sport about it. Some people might have taken offense at it, but it's all meant in fun.