This boxer crab, Lybia tesselata, attaches small stinging anemones to its claws for defence. Photographed at Depan Galala, Halmahera, Maluku Islands,

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This boxer crab, Lybia tesselata, attaches small stinging anemones to its claws for defence. Photographed at Depan Galala, Halmahera, Maluku Islands, Indonesia

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Photo credit: © SCUBAZOO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: adaptation, anemone, biology, boxer, close, colourful, coral, crab, crustacea, crustacean, defence, depan, detail, galala, halmahera, indonesia, intelligent, invertebrate, islands, lybia, maluku, striped, symbiosis, tesselata, underwater, vibrant, xanthidae, zoology