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A large red lithodid crab feeding on a pancake urchin

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Description

A large red lithodid crab feeding on a pancake urchin. Green algae and smalltube worms with tentacles extended appear to be living in a commensalrelationship with the crab.

Credit

NOAA OKEANOS EXPLORER Program; Our Deepwater Backyard

Display Date

20141004T150645Z

Collection

Voyage to Inner Space

Ocean Exploration Collections

Modern Expeditions

Our Deepwater Backyard 2014