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A hermit crab crawls along the sediment with an anemone hitching a ride. These anemones will live on the shells of the hermit crabs forever.

A brittle star (Ophiocreas) wraps its arms around the branches of a Metallogorgia coral. Note the eight extended tentacles on each polyp on the right side of the colony. The name 'Octocorallia' is derived from the eight tentacles. Image Courtesy of the Deep Atlantic Stepping Stones Science Party, IFE, URI-IAO, and NOAA.


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