This is one crab-ulous species! 🦀 The Soft Coral #Crab

This is one crab-ulous species! 🦀

The Soft Coral #Crab (Hoplophrys oatesii) camouflages itself by attaching polyps to its carapace in coral reef environments.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific, this tiny crustacean grows up to 2cm in length and feeds on plankton. 🌊

🔎 Discover more than 277 records of this #species in GBIF: https://buff.ly/48Ccnds
📸 Observed in Taiwan by wu_chung CC BY-NC 4.0