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Decorator Crabs: Walking Gardens of the Kelp Reef
Decorator crabs build living costumes from algae, sponges and anemones using velcro-like hairs. How the disguise works, why it evolved and where to see it.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
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Decorator crabs build living costumes from algae, sponges and anemones using velcro-like hairs. How the disguise works, why it evolved and where to see it.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·
The graceful kelp crab is the smaller, rougher, more widely wandering sibling of the northern kelp crab — as at home in eelgrass as on a kelp frond.
Dr. Mara Ellison ·