Lobster with what appears to be bioluminescent "fur"

Pycnogonid sea spider

A sea anemone and a hermit crab share a snail shell, providing a wonderful example of commensalism. The anemone has stinging cells that help protect the crab from predators and benefits from being transported as well as receiving scraps from the crab's feeding. When the crab grows and moves to a larger shell , it brings the anemone along to share its new home.

Pycnogonid crab on a rocky bottom.

Orange and white squat lobster

Looking at the bottom side of a small bodied long-legged crab. A sponge is seen behind.

Large long-legged squat lobsters on a very large bright red "black coral" bush.

Hermit crab carrying a large symbiotic anemone on its shell.

Small hermit crab in a beautiful turreted shell.

Squat lobster apparently on top of yellow brittle star in a coral bush.

Squat lobster next to a large orange anemone.

Two spiky lithodes sp. crabs face to face

Large orange crab

A pink spiky squat lobster on a coral bush.

White bodied hermit crab on a sandy substrate

White bodied hermit crab with an anemone on shell on a sandy substrate. Appears to be same species as image expl5698.

Small reddish hermit crab with a white shell.

Small hermit crab on the side of a large sea squirt (tunicate).

Reddish orange anemone and crab.

Small reddish hermit crab with small white shell and small white anemone attached.

White dirty squat lobster

Hermit crab with pretty gastropod shell.

Hermit crab on coral bush branch.

Red lithoides sp. crab with very long antennae.

White lithoides sp. crab with very long clear antennae

Red and orange squat lobster on sandy substrate

A sea anemone and a hermit crab share a snail shell, providing a wonderful example of commensalism. The anemone has stinging cells that help protect the crab from predators and benefits from being transported as well as receiving scraps from the crab's feeding. When the crab grows and moves to a larger shell crab from predators and benefits from being transported as well as receiving

Orange hermit crab with stalked eyes peering out from gastropod shell

Galatheid crabs and a large shrimp feast opportunistically on a pelagic catch. The largest crab individuals were feeding directly on the catch, whereas the smaller crabs waited their turn on the outskirts of the group. Image captured by Little Hercules at "Zona Senja."

Red and orange squat lobsters and large spotted shrimp feasting on an egg casing at "Zona Senja.

Red and orange squat lobsters feasting on an egg casing at "Zona Senja."

Red and orange squat lobster. Notice the yellowish hairlike growth on the legs and body.

White squat lobster crawling over rock with numerous barnacles. Note hair like growth on claws, legs, and body.

White squat lobsters hiding in a log.

A very spikey red lithodes sp. crab.

A small reddish hermit crab with a white shell on a sponge.

A red and orange squat lobster with long claws on apebbly substrate

Fierce looking squat lobster peering out of burrow towards mushroom coral (Anthomastus sp.) waving in the current.

Squat lobsters, white sponges, and small white corals on a rocky substrate.

A mantis shrimp - a member of the Protosquillidae family

Squat lobster in a crevice in a rock outcrop

Furry claws of a type of lobster poking out from its burrow.

A blind lobster - a member of the family Polychelidae.

Closeup of a blind lobster - a member of the family Polychelidae.

A blind lobster - a member of the family Polychelidae.

A blind lobster - a member of the family Polychelidae.

A blind lobster - a member of the family Polychelidae.

A large red shrimp on a small white sponge.

A large red shrimp hanging beneath what appears to be a sponge.

A swimming bright red shrimp over coral bushes below.