Orangutan crab
Orangutan crab (Achaeus japonicus) on a host mushroom coral (family Fungiidae). Orangutan crabs are around 2 cm wide and belong to the decorator crab family (Inachidae), known to decorate their bodies with debris such as tiny plants and shells for camouflage. Photographed off Derawan Islands, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, Indo-West Pacific., by GEORGETTE DOUWMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
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