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Red vermillion crab (Paralomis verrilli) dangling off a yellow picasso sponge(Staurocalyptus sp

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Description

Red vermillion crab (Paralomis verrilli) dangling off a yellow picasso sponge(Staurocalyptus sp.); amidst a white ruffle sponge (Farrea sp.); white branchedsponges (Asbestopluma sp.) shrimp; brittle stars; and an isopod at 1360 meterswater depth.

Credit

NOAA/Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Display Date

2002 May 18

Location

California, Davidson Seamount

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Keywords

Ocean Exploration

Invertebrates

Crabs