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Title: Shrimp In Sponge, Cuba
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A banded coral shrimp (Stenopus hispidus) shelters inside a pink vase sponge (Niphates digitalis), on a coral reef. Photographed through the narrow aperture of the sponge. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.
- Arthropods: Arthropoda
- banded coral shrimp: barberpole shrimp: Stenopus hispidus
- Caribbean Sea
- Cleaner Shrimps: Stenopodidae
- coral reef
- Crustaceans: Crustacea
- Cuba
- Decapods: Decapoda
- Gardens of the Queen
- Invertebrates
- Jardines de la Reina National Park
- Malacostraceans: Malacostracea
- Marine Life
- pink vase sponge: Niphates digitalis
- Siliceous Sponges: Demospongiae
- Sponges: Porifera
- tropical
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