May 20th, 2012 
Remember the Hoff Crab? You bet your bippy you do. You can thank Nicolai Roterman for that. Nicolai, a hydrothermal vent biologist and a member of the expedition that found this hairy crab, coined the name Hoff Crab while still on board.
To commemorate this very special event Nicolai’s sister watercolored the specimen caught on the SW Indian Ridge at 3000 meters depth.
This painting was the inspiration for a Nicolai’s recent tattoo.
We at DSN (and Southern Fried Science) gladly welcome Nicolai into our nerdy, tattooed, awesome, and salty ranks. You can follow Nicolai on twitter at @Elpipster
The world is full of win tonight.
Don’t you just have to love crazy sciencenerds?
Fully Awesome!
My friend Leo Pugram runs Yap Tribal Tattoo on Yap and will really appreciate this piece. Yap’s Dr. Margie Falanruw once did a study of Yapese folk ichthyology that that’s a great source of info.
https://www.facebook.com/YapTribalTattoo
I don’t have one, but I believe that tattoos should be earned and that is a well deserved!
Awesome tattoo.. I guess this crab is really something..