Imagine wandering through a tide pool, your eyes tracing the mysterious shapes hidden in the sand and seaweed. Suddenly, a ...

This species is part of a group known as decorator crabs which adorn their shells with sponges or anemones for camouflage. Juvenile Japanese spider crabs will do this, but with few predators at ...

Crabs can use mimicry to blend in and avoid being detected by predators in the sea—for example, the decorator crab. The decorator crab decorates their shell with bits of seaweed and sponge.