I am not holding a crab in this photo. I am holding an exuvia.
![exuvia](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8443477938_aa34812d17_z.jpg)
I found this exoskeleton at Canaveral National Seashore. I was looking at a huge horseshoe crab shell when I almost stepped on this neat little thing. Ecdysis is the process of molting the exoskeleton in invertebrate species. I wish I knew what kind of crab this specimen came from.