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Bug-eye Squat Lobster (Neomunida olivarae), also known as a colored squat lobster or the google-eyed fairy crab, Dumaguete, Philippines

Male and female porcelain crabs (Neopetrolisthes maculatus) are commensal in sea anemones, Philippines

A Slender Spongegoby (Phyllogobius platycephalops) and two different species of crabs. Attached to the goby are several parasites with egg cases, that will likely prove fatal over time. Many species live on the convuluted surface of this sponge, Philippin

This female Ornate Ghost Pipefish, also known as a Harlequin Ghost Pipefish (Solenostomus paradoxus) is holding it's egg mass in the pouch that is formed by two specialized fins. The eggs can seen through the transparent areas of the fins, Philippines

An Imperial commensal shrimp (Periclimenes imperator), photographed at night on the Spanish dancer nudibranch (Hexabranchus sanguineus), that it calls home, Philippines

These two parasitic mollusks, Thyca crystallina, are growing on the host starfish, Linckia laevigata. This parasitic shell only attaches to this species of starfish, into which it burrows and sucks up nutrients, Philippines

The dragon shrimp (Miropandalus hardingi) on whip coral, is also known as a gorgonian sandaled shrimp, Philippines

The Bubble Coral Shrimp (Vir philippinensis) is found only on this species of coral, Pleurogyra sinuosa. The brown oval objects are actually Acoel Flatworms (Waminoa sp) that feed on nutrients trapped in mucus covering the coral, Philippines