Urchin crab (Dorippe frascone) and fire urchin (Astropyga radiata). The urchin crab has a symbiotic relationship with long-spined sea urchins like the

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Urchin crab (Dorippe frascone) and fire urchin (Astropyga radiata). The urchin crab has a symbiotic relationship with long-spined sea urchins like the fire urchin and carries one around on its carapace (shell) to help protect it from predators. Photographed in the Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.

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