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An Arrow Crab takes refuge in a Glassy Sponge off Bloody Bay Wall.  Little Cayman Island - Depth 45 feet or 14 meters

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Marine Invertebrates of Reefs, Walls, and Caves

Caribbean Underwater Photography Gallery V

  *  An Arrow Crab (Stenorhynchus seticornis) takes refuge in a Glassy Sponge (Callyspongia plicifera).  In the lower right corner is the arm of a Brittlestar (Ophiothrix swensonii).  Visible at the top of the sponge is the Hydroid (Cnidoscyphus marginatus).  Sponges often harbor various sorts of marine creatures, for example, the Barber Pole Shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) (1).  It is interesting that we have never seen Brittlestars in conjunction with Callyspongia plicifera, at least interior to the sponge.

Little Cayman Island - Depth 45 feet or 14 meters

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