Decorator crabs,a bit out of the ordinary!

Over the years with in our diverse collecting experiences the one thing that keeps me in particular interested beyond just my love of the ocean in general is that special something found from time to time on our collecting trips.

One of two life forms of the same species that are just that little bit more interesting than the many thousands of fish and inverts we get to see and the few we catch for the aquariums is firstly a certain decorator crab that uses corals,this one was found around 7 years ago and as with most life forms that are a little special,to this day I can remember the exact spot with in a metre of where it was collected, because it is as you will see,it's very special.

I gave it away as i do with most things collected.




This one was collected very recently and has already pulled a part some of my sponge and algae for it's decorations(camouflaged)!



This the same one once it changed it's decorations.




We see a decorator crab at least every time we go collecting,but these two were a bit more special than most with their decorating skills.

Very cool,never herd of them
Keep the photos coming guys,always good to stop in here.