The galatheoid crab Eumunida picta perched among the polyps and branches of a large Leiopathes glabberima black coral colony at 300 m in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico.

The galatheoid crab, Eumunida picta, perches among the polyps and branches of a large Leiopathes glabberima black coral colony at 300 m (984 ft) depth, in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Image courtesy of Lophelia II Team 2009, NOAA-OER.

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