Crab holding a hexactinellid (glass sponge) on its back using the sponge’s sharp spicules for protection.
Crab
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Windows to the Deep 2019. Download larger version (jpg, 1.2 MB).
Crab holding a hexactinellid (glass sponge) on its back using the sponge’s sharp spicules for protection.
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