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Title: Crab Between Sponge And Anemone, Canada
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A sharpnose crab (Scyra acutifrons) feeds on passing particle, while hiding in a gap between a white short plumose anemone (Metridium senile) and a yellow encrusting sponge. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Queen Charlotte Strait, North East Pacific Ocean.
- British Columbia
- Canada
- God's Pocket Marine Reserve
- Invertebrates
- Marine Life
- North East Pacific Ocean
- Port Hardy
- sharpnose crab: Scyra acutifrons
- short plumose anemone: Metridium senile
- Sponges: Porifera
- Vancouver Island
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- yellow encrusting sponge: Myxilla lacunosa
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