This Porcelain crab, Neopetrolisthes maculatus, is perched on its host, an adhesive sea anemone. The crab uses feathery mouth parts to strain plankton from the water column; its claws are only for defense. Ko Tachai, Similan Islands Marine National Park, Thailand, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean

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Adhesive sea anemone Andaman Sea Color Photo Cryptodendrum adhesiveum Indian Ocean Ko Tachai Marine Environment Marine Life Nature Neopetrolisthes maculatus Porcelain Crab Scan Similan Islands Marine National Park Thailand underwater Underwater commensal symbiosis

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Thailand, Myanmar, Andaman Is. Marine Life (Andaman Sea), Marine Invertebrates - "critters"!, Marine Life Portraits