Malacostraca Gallery

Common hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) with Snail fur (Hydractinia echinata) growing on its shell, close up, Ronas Voe, Shetland, Scotland, North Atlantic Ocean, UK

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Blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus) curled up on the reef for the night

Blackspotted puffer (Arothron nigropunctatus) curled up on the reef for the night, with a transparent cleaner shrimp (Urocaridella antonbrunii) inspecting its tail, Philippines

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Four California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus) shelter beneath a boulder in a kelp forest

Four California spiny lobsters (Panulirus interruptus) shelter beneath a boulder in a kelp forest. Santa Barbara Island, Channel Islands. Los Angeles, California, United States of America. North East Pacific Ocean

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