Squat Lobsters / Skeleton Crabs Galatheidae

Galathied Squat Lobster (Munida quadrispina) Crustacean living in 12 to 1463m, often found, as shown here, on deep water sponges.
Galathied Squat Lobster (Munida quadrispina) Crustacean living in 12 to 1463m, often found, as shown here, on deep water sponges. Galatheoidea Galathied Lobster Galathied Crab Decapods Decapoda Anomura single one alone lonely isolated individual shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint red orange curious curiousity curios curiosity look looking inspect inspecting gaze gazing inquisitive inquiring enquiring interested questioning nosy prying crabs crab arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda pleocyemata brachyura crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers |Galathied Squat Lobster (Munida quadrispina)

Galathied Squat Lobster (Munida quadrispina) on deep reef at 2,300 feet/700 meters.
Galathied Squat Lobster (Munida quadrispina) on deep reef at 2,300 feet/700 meters. Galatheoidea Galathied Lobster Galathied Crab Pinchbug Decapods Decapoda Anomura single one alone lonely isolated individual colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint yellow orange crabs crab arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda pleocyemata brachyura crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers |Galathied Squat Lobster (Munida quadrispina)

Squat Lobsters (Galatheidae, Galathea sp.) out feeding at night on Gorgonian Coral.
Squat Lobsters (Galatheidae, Galathea sp.) out feeding at night on Gorgonian Coral. Galatheidae and Chirostylidae Decapods Decapoda Anomura shell armor armour armoured armored protect protected protection hard sheild shield two pair couple together duo paired partner partners twin partnership colour color colourful colorful vibrant vibrent vibrint blue cyan red purple orange arthropod arthropoda crustacea malacostraca decapod decapoda brachyura crustacean crustaceans nipper nipping nippers claw claws pinch pinched pinching pincer pincers direct directing direction wave waving point pointing communicate communicat communicating communication |Squat Lobsters (Galatheidae, Galathea sp.)