a large spider crab crawling over a group of tubeworms

A large spider crab crawling over a group of tubeworms. These predators are found throughout the Gulf of Mexico. They move into tubeworm bushes after seepage rates decline, to prey on small animal. Image courtesy of Gulf of Mexico 2002, NOAA/OER.

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