Throughout Dive 05 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, we observed several of these squat lobsters in the genus Munidopsis on the faces of rocks and not in their more common association with sponges or corals.
Squat Lobster
Image courtesy of NOAA Ocean Exploration, 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones: New England and Corner Rise Seamounts. Download largest version (jpg, 1.7 MB).

Throughout Dive 05 of the 2021 North Atlantic Stepping Stones expedition, we observed several of these squat lobsters in the genus Munidopsis on the faces of rocks and not in their more common association with sponges or corals.

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