Red-spotted guard crab protecting its cauliflower coral
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Summary[edit] Description: On the reef around the island of Ta‘ū, American Samoa, a spotted guard crab defends its home and food source, a cauliflower coral, from predators and investigative camera lenses. Date: 2 March 2008, 15:05. Source: hideandseekcoralsweek Also at NOAA webpage: http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/htmls/reef3770.htm. Author: NOAA's National Ocean Service.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Cnidaria (cnidarians)
- Anthozoa (anemones and corals)
- Scleractinia (stony corals)
- Pocilloporidae
- Pocillopora (Cauliflower corals)
- Pocillopora meandrina (Cauliflower coral)
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