The many shallow seas of the Philippines are full of stranger beings each other. In this profusion of life, the crabs have acquired incredible shapes and colors of incredible diversity. Between the orangutan, the cheerleader or the crab which takes itself for a pebble, it is sometimes difficult to navigate. Very clever also the one who can detect the crab of the alcyonarians which resembles to be mistaken for the soft corals in which they are found. Special mention for the decorator crab who thinks he's a gardener, growing sponges on his shell.
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Crabe des alcyonnaires

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Crabe orang-outang

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Galathée des crinoïdes

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Crabe pom-pom girl !

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Crabe zébré des oursins

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Galathée poilue

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Galathée des crinoïdes

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Couple de crabes honteux

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Couple de crabes honteux

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Crabe arlequin

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Crabe des alcyonnaires

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Crabe orang-outang et bras d'ophiure

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Crabe des alcyonnaires et son merveilleux camouflage

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Crabe porcelaine ponctué

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Crabe porcelaine de Haig sur une vérétille

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Crabe décorateur

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Crabe décorateur bien planqué

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Crabes porcelaine des coraux mous et copépode parasite

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Crabes porcelaine des coraux mous sur une pennatule

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Grande dromie crabe éponge

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Crabes porcelaine des coraux mous

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Crabes porcelaine des coraux mous sur une pennatule

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Crabe porcelaine

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Galathée poilue