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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / White-spotted hermit crab (Dardanus megistos) emerging from its shell before walking out of frame, Riverbanks Zoo. Captive.
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Solvin Zankl / Blood-red hermit crab (Pagurus edwardsi) around 4cm in size, emerging out of its shell, Comau Fjord, Patagonia, Chile.
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Shane Gross / Lemon shark juvenile (Negaprion brevirostris) swimming in mangrove habitat near blue crab (Callinectes sapidus), a prey species for the shark. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Claudio Contreras / Pederson cleaner shrimp (Periclimenes pedersoni), Cienaga de Zapata National Park, Matanzas Province, Cuba.
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David Hall / Crimson anemone (Cribrinopsis fernaldi) with Candy-striped shrimps (Lebbeus grandimanus) living symbiotically. Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September.
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David Hall / Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus), a commensal species that associates with crimson sea anemones. Browning Pass, Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. September.
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Tui De Roy / Strawberry land hermit crab (Coenobita perlatus). On white coral sand beach, Small unhinhabited coral islet in Raa Atoll lagoon, Maldives
Frederique Olivier / Watchman goby (Cryptocentrus cinctus) and alpheid shrimp mutualism, the goby keeps watch while the shrimps dig and clean a shared burrow in the sand, Uepi Island, Solomon Islands.
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Frederique Olivier / Tawny hermit crab (Coenobita rugosus) emerging from its shell, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory.
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Alex Mustard / Commensal emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) moves across the colourful red patterned surface of its host Candycane sea cucumber (Thelenota rubralineata). Misool, Raja Ampat, West Papua, Indonesi...
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Alex Mustard / Reef lizardifsh (Synodus variegatus) at a cleaning station, being cleaned by Holthuis anemone shrimps (Ancylomenes holthuisi). Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.