Georgette Douwma / Hydroid or Fairy crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) perched on soft coral. It has decorated its body with hydroid polyps. Majidae - Spider or Decorator crab. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Sponge decorator crab (Hyastenus elatus) almost invisible under the sponges attached to its shell. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Georgette Douwma / Hydroid or Fairy Crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) on crinoid or featherstar. Hydroid polyps are growing on its carapace. Rinca, Indonesia, October.
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Georgette Douwma / Hydroid or Fairy crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) on Sea squirt where it has climbed to feed. It has decorated its body with hydroid polyps. Majidae - Spider or Decorator crab. Rinca, Indonesia
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Georgette Douwma / Hydroid or Fairy crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) on Sea pen (Pteroides sp.) where it has climbed to feed on plankton floating past. It has decorated its body with hydroid polyps. Majidae - Spider or Decor...
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Georgette Douwma / Hydroid / Fairy crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) on Sea squirt where it has climbed to feed, it has decorated its body with hydroid polyps, Rinca, Indonesia
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Georgette Douwma / Hydroid / Fairy crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) on Sea pen (Pteroides sp) where it has climbed to feed on plankton floating past, it has decorated its body with hydroid polyps, Rinca, Indonesia
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Georgette Douwma / Hydroid or Fairy crab (Hyastenus bispinosus) that has decorated its body with hydroid polyps, Rinca, Indonesia
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Chris Newbert / Crab (Huenia sp) carrying Algae (Halimeda macroloba) for camouflage, 70 feet deep, Papua New Guinea
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Flip Nicklin / Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) on Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) on Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Flip Nicklin / Kelp Crab (Pugettia producta) on Kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) underwater, Clayoquot Sound, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada