Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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There are creatures in the sea hiding their true natures, defying our attempts to easily classify them, deceiving us into believing that they are crabs… When, in fact, they are not.


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Sources:
http://sio-legacy.ucsd.edu/zooplanktonguide/species/pleuroncodes-planipes
academic.oup.com/book/39563/chapter/339438782
cabrillomarineaquarium.org/exhibits/marine-life.asp?id=197
books.google.com/books?id=Malr3FFfMUAC&pg=PA151#v=onepage&q=pleurocodes%20planipes&f=false
adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=redkingcrab.printerfriendly
researchgate.net/publication/265249647_Review_of_the_Family_Lithodidae_Crustacea_Anomura_Paguroidea_Distribution_Biology_and_Fisheries
adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=redkingcrab.main
inaturalist.org/projects/the-crabs-brachyura-and-anomura-of-south-australia?tab=about
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Images:
youtube.com/watch?v=f3-9w45prfk
youtube.com/watch?v=7l7qGzfAffQ
youtube.com/watch?v=U_D0Dbzo17Y
gettyimages.com/detail/video/coral-reef-structures-releasing-oxygen-bubbles-deep-stock-footage/1350107317?phrase=deep%20sea&adppopup=true