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Porcelain crab

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Description:

Porcelain crab feeding. They are not true crabs and feed by combing plankton and other organic particles from the water using long setae (feathery hair or bristle-like structures) on the mouth-parts.

Habitat:

Shallow Barra reef in anemone, 7-10m at Inhambane Mozambique

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PublishedJune 13, 2013

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