Hydroid crab on a sea pen (Pteroides sp.). The hydroid crab (Porcellanella triloba) has decorated its body with hydroid (Hydrozoa) polyps. Sea pens ar

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Hydroid crab on a sea pen (Pteroides sp.). The hydroid crab (Porcellanella triloba) has decorated its body with hydroid (Hydrozoa) polyps. Sea pens are colonial organisms related to sea feathers. Photographed off Rinca Island, Indonesia.

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