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Orange tree sponge with crab at dreadlocks Reef P1308277

Image of Pseudodromia Stimpson 1858

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Summary[edit] Description: English: Orange tree sponge (Echinoclathria dichotoma) with crab at Dreadlocks Reef, near Cape Town. The white polyps on the left are Parazoanthus, which is often found growing on sponges. The sponge crab is probably w:Pseudodromia latens under the cover of a colonial ascidian which it carries for protection. Date: January 2010. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.

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