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Huenia heraldica Decorator Crab with Hydroids | Japan

This is a male Huenia heraldica crab, one of many species of crustaceans that use other animals for camouflage and protection. This crab was particularly ambitious in terms of the relative size of the hydroids it chose to carry around presumably for self-defense.

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Image Size: 7360x4912 / 103.5MB; https://www.photoshelter.com/support/license#rm; https://www.tony-wu.com/contact-tony-wu; Crustacean Decorator Crab Animalia Arthropoda Crustacea Malacostraca Decapoda Epialtidae Huenia heraldica Arrowhead Crab Halimeda Crab コノハガニ Pacific Japan Kochi Prefecture Kashiwajima
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This is a male Huenia heraldica crab, one of many species of crustaceans that use other animals for camouflage and protection. This crab was particularly ambitious in terms of the relative size of the hydroids it chose to carry around presumably for self-defense.