Sponge Crabs Dromiidae

Bristled Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata) Uses adapted sponge fragment as mobile camouflage.
Bristled Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata) Uses adapted sponge fragment as mobile camouflage. cover hide commensal adapt adaption hat home mobile orange colour color burden load Crustaceans single one alone lonely isolated individual shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield hide hiding hidden conceal concealed bury buried concealing hid cover covering covered crabs crab arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda pleocyemata brachyura crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky |Bristled Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata)

Lateral Sponge Crab (Petalomera Lateralis) carrying a piece of of leaf for camouflage.
Lateral Sponge Crab (Petalomera Lateralis) carrying a piece of of leaf for camouflage. camouflage camouflaged carry heavy load burden loaded cover covered hide hidden hiding single one alone lonely isolated individual Crustaceans |Lateral Sponge Crab (Petalomera Lateralis)

Bristled Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata) using compound ascidian as mobile camouflage.
Bristled Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata) using compound ascidian as mobile camouflage. Dromiidae Crustacea, Malocostraca, Eumalacostraca, Eucarida, Decapoda, Pleocyemata, Brachyura, dromioidea backpack carry load heavy lifting carrying loaded crabs crab arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda pleocyemata brachyura crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers single one alone lonely isolated individual hide hiding hidden conceal concealed bury buried concealing hid cover covering covered camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky |Bristled Sponge Crab (Austrodromidia octodentata)

Edward's Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis edwardsi) holding onto sponge fragment for camauflage.
Edward's Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis edwardsi) holding onto sponge fragment for camauflage. Dromiidae Crustacea, Malocostraca, Eumalacostraca, Eucarida, Decapoda, Pleocyemata, Brachyura, dromioidea cover hide commensal adapt adaption hat home mobile yellow pink colour color burden load Crustaceans crabs crab arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda pleocyemata brachyura crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers single one alone lonely isolated individual shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield hide hiding hidden conceal concealed bury buried concealing hid cover covering covered camouflage camoflage camouflaged camoflaged hidden hiding hide cryptic strange unusual weird bizarre bizzare bizzarre ugly freak freaky sad glum unhappy grim depress depressed depressing cry crying grumpy |Edward's Sponge Crab (Dromidiopsis edwardsi)