a less known (but not less colourful) relative of the common bumblebee shrimp, G. americanum

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not many people know sipunculans (phylum Sipunculida), yet they are quite common in rock crevices or under rocks around the world, especially in the tropics; this one is from Fiji

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this small hermit crab lives in a shell nicely encrusted with calcareous red algae

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a half-ventral view of the opisthobranch Berthellina ilisima showing the gill on the right side

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Tags:   Chloeia Amphinomidae Annelida polychaetes marine invertebrate Panama eastern Pacific

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