Rhinoceros crab - Hyastenus elatus
Description:
These crabs cultivate sponges and sometime anemones on their shells. They seem to know that these sessile invertebrates have protective qualities; toxins or stinging tentacles
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- Decapoda (decapods)
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- Epialtidae (kelp crabs and spider crabs)
- Hyastenus
- Hyastenus elatus
- Panarthropoda
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