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Clown Anemone-fish (Amphiprion percula). Cleaner Shrimp (Hippolysmata grabhami) cleaning Copper Band Butterflyfish (Chelmon rostratus). Marine shrimp (Gammarus sp). Common Prawn (Leander serratus) female with eggs. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) female with eggs. Marine Shrimp (Jassa falacata). Common Prawn (Leander serratus) newly hatched larva. Pair of Common Prawns (Leander serratus) at night. Note eye reflection. Marine Shrimp (Jassa falcata). Adult Common Hermit Crab (Eupagurus bernhardus) in Whelk shell with commensal anemones. North Atlantic European Lobster (Homarus vulgaris). Pea Crab (Pinnotheres pisum) female inside the shell of a mussel. Argyll, Scotland. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) female with eggs. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) sloughing (casting off its old skin). Fiddler Crab (Uca species) male on his cast off skin. He has just regenerated a lost hind leg, which is still pale. Slough of male Fiddler Crab (Uca species). Florida, USA Slough of male Fiddler Crab (Uca species). Fiddler Crabs (Uca annulipes). Two males fighting. Fiddler Crab (Uca species), male playing his fiddle. Fiddler Crab (Uca species), male. Sand Crab (Ocypode species) cleaning sand from eyes after emerging from burrow. East Africa Painted Prawn (Hymenocera picta) severing the arm of its Starfish (Aolaster lincki) prey. Indo-Pacific Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) first stage larva. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) first stage larva. Pacific Lobster (Enoplometopus occidentalis) with its slough. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) eggs showing the eyes of developing larvae. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) eggs showing the eyes of developing larvae. Common Prawn (Leander serratus) nauplius larva. Sand crab (Ocypode species) at the mouth of its burrow. East Africa Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) female carrying eggs. Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) male holding a small female prior to mating. Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus). Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas), female parasitised by Saculina. Rock Crab (unidentified). Western Australia Red Hermit Crab (Dardanus megistos). Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas) coming out of hiding in an empty scallop shell. Young Common Hermit Crab (Eupagurus bernhardus) moving into empty shell of Edible Periwinkle. Europe Young Common Hermit Crab (Eupagurus bernhardus) in Flat Periwinkle shell, examining empty shell of Edible Periwinkle, before changing shells. Europe Fiddler Crab (Uca marionis) male bringing up mud from his burrow. Malaya Balls of sand, created by feeding Sand-bubbler Crabs (crab emerging from a hole at upper centre). Queensland, Australia An Edible Crab (Cancer pagurus) finds itself washed up on a beach. Iona, Scotland Ammonite. Marine Harpacticoid Copepod. Ocher Starfish (Pisaster ochraceus) and Goose Barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus). Vancouver Island, Canada Goose Barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus) with cirri extended to catch debris from the surf. Pacific coast, N. America Marine planktonic Copepod (Calanus). Freshwater copepods (Diaptomus). Slate rock with limpets and barnacles. County Clare, Ireland Slate rock with limpets. County Clare, Ireland Marine planktonic copepod (Calanus). Atlantic Ocean Marine planktonic copepod (Calanus). Goose Barnacles (Pollicipes polymerus). Pacific coast, N. America Tropical sea slug (Chromodoris). Tropical seas Small white sea slug (family Aeolididae). Atlantic coasts Common Grey Sea Slug (Aeolidia papillosa) group spawning on a rock in a tide pool. Atlantic coasts
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