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Common hairy crab Pilumnus vespertilio They were everywhere! These tiny crabs are hard to spot until they move. Their hairs trap the surrounding sediments so they blend in perfectly. They eat poisonous zoanthids (colonial sea anemones) and are thus themselves mildly poisonous.

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