A small crab, Planes minutus (Columbus crab), living on an individual of Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle).
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Attribution: Maristella D'Addario (University of Rome).A small crab, Planes minutus (Columbus crab), living on an individual of Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle). This crab is known to prey upon other sea turtles epibionts.Highly Commended in the BMC Ecology Image Competition 2012:BMC Ecology 2013, 13:6 doi:10.1186/1472-6785-13-6www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6785/13/6
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Multicrustacea (typical crustaceans)
- Malacostraca (malacostracans)
- Eumalacostraca
- Eucarida
- Decapoda (decapods)
- Pleocyemata (pleocyematans)
- Brachyura (crab)
- Eubrachyura
- Thoracotremata
- Grapsoidea
- Grapsidae (marsh crabs, shore crabs, and talon crabs)
- Planes
- Planes minutus (Columbus crab)
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