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In this underwater image, a man off camera holds a circular brown coral into the frame. He points at a tiny tan crab nestled in the coral. The water in the background is bright teal.

Hitchhiking Crab

OCEANOS principal investigator Juan Torres-Pèrez points at a pea crab (Dissodactylus primitivus) hiding in the bristles of a small piece of a red heart urchin (Meoma ventricosa), found in the waters of Punta Soldado during the fieldwork section of the internship.

Image Credit: NASA/Milan Loiacono
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