Uploaded May 2011 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Hermit crabs are usually something we just overlook while on diving - but this hermit crab has chosen a shell that is encrusted with tiny anemones. It must be heavy, but I am sure the Anemones are very happy to be taken on tour!
This is NOT a decorator crab (they attach things like anemones directly to their exoskeleton....this is a hermit crab with a anemone encrusted host-shell

Footage taken by Kristian Pettersson on the Similan Islands, Thailand with Wicked Diving.
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