Pen crab (Porcellanella triloba) perched in Sea pen (Pteroeides sp.).

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Porcelain crabs are filter feeders, it has climbed on the Sea pen to feed on plankton floating by in the currant. When the Sea pen retreats in the sand the crab goes with it. Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.

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Size: 3407px × 5130px
Location: Rinca, Komodo National Park, Indonesia.
Photo credit: © Georgette Apol / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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