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Crab in cauliflower coral, Schoolhouse, North Save-a-Tack Passage, Namena Island.

He stands out pretty well here, but these little crabs are hard to spot.  They stay fairly deep in the cauliflower coral, and have the same knobby appearance.  Betty spotted this one as I was engrossed in a tridacna (click here to see it).  It's not often you get two keepers within a minute of each other.

Nikon F4, 105mm f/2.8 Auto Micro Nikkor, Aquatica Housing, 2 Ikelite 200 strobes, f/16, Kodak Royal Gold 100.

 

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