Starfish shrimps, Zenopontonia soror previously Periclimenes soror, living on the underside of a sea star

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a pair of tiny commensal shrimp living in the underside of a starfish. The female is the larger of the two

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Size: 5400px × 3603px
Location: Solitary Islands, Coffs Harbour, east coast NSW, Australia, Pacific Ocean
Photo credit: © cbimages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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