The shrimp Tuleariocaris neglecta, is reported to live amongst the spines of the long-spined urchin, Diadema sp

This individual was collected with the beautiful urchin, Astropyga magnifica, collected at Diaphus Bank. This is the first time this species of shrimp has been recorded in cohabitation with this species of sea urchin. The shrimp is photographed here next to a single spine of the urchin on which it was collected. Image courtesy of S. Bernhardt, FGBNMS.

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