Pfuetzi: Hermit crab. These crabs occupy empty shells of molluscs to protect their fragile bodies. This shell is covered with a stinging hydroid (white "fur").
Pfuetzi: ... until I realised that it was a well covered hermit crab :)
Dan Hershman: Bering Hermit crab
Dan Hershman: blackeyed hermit crab
peskynewt: hermit crab
Dan Hershman: Hermit Crab Standoff
peskynewt: cloaked anemone hermit crab
peskynewt: anemone hermit crab
peskynewt: cloaked anemone hermit crab
peskynewt: Hermit crab
peskynewt: hermit crab
Okinawa Nature Photography: Mimicry or am I seeing faces again?
Dan Hershman: Black-eyed Hermit Crab with a friend
peskynewt: courting hermit crabs
peskynewt: hermit crabs
Pfuetzi: Hermit crab, Pagurus sp.
Pfuetzi: Dressed-up fellow: hermit crab with pink polka dot cape
Pfuetzi: Hairy fellow: hermit crab in a shell covered with a soft white hydroid
Pfuetzi: Dirty fellow: hermit crab, Pagurus sp.
Pfuetzi: Anemone hermit crab, Pagarus prideaux, with cloak anemone Adamsia palliata
peskynewt: cloaked anemone hermit crab digging
peskynewt: hermit crab
peskynewt: tiny hermit crab
peskynewt: cloaked anemone hermit crab
peskynewt: The gathering
Jonathan Vera Caripe: Cangrejo ermitaño: Dardanus fucosus
NakaRB: Coenobita violascens
peskynewt: home with frills
peskynewt: moving house