Coral Hermit Crabs, Paguritta sp., Russell Islands, Solomon Islands

This species of coral hermit crab (Paguritta sp) is well known, but still awaiting a name from biologists. It lives in a hole in hard coral and traps passing plankton in it's feathery antennae, Yap, Micronesia

Coral hermit crab and Coral polyps, Haapai Tonga