Try to find the Crab Eye and click on it

This Arrowhead Crab, Huenia heraldica, uses living leaves of Halimeda algae as a hat.  This guy stands out boldly against the black volcanic sand bottom,  but when nestled in a clump of Halimeda,  they are almost invisible.

Image taken in the Lembeh Strait with a Nexus housed F4 and 105mm micro lens with two 4T diopters and an external 3+ diopter on Velvia film with twin Subtronic Mega strobes.

Phillip Slosberg.
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