A Zebra crab in the magnificent sea urchin
This Zebra crab ( Zebrida adamsii) and this Coleman shrimp ( Periclimenes colemani ) could not choose a brighter and more colorful home to live in.
Both the crab and shrimp they are only a couple of cm in size and they are found in the Variable fire sea urchin.
The reason why the sea urchin is called like this, it is not only for the vivid red color that it has got, but also because if you touch it, it is going to burn you.
Unfortunately I have found that out myself :s . The good news was that, after a good minute of excruciating pain , it all passed and I had almost no sign of it, once I was back to the surface.
In the south of Komodo, in Horse Shoe Bay there are many of this fire sea urchin. However, not all of them have a Zebra crab or a Coleman Shrimp in it.
This makes finding of one of these critters more exciting.
I could find these two critters in Cannibal Rock in Horse Shoe Bay and they both were around 27m in a small colony of sea urchin.
A Coleman Shrimp in the variable fire sea urchin.
The Magnificent Sea Urchin
Now I am having some trouble deciding which crab is my favorite: The Zebra or the Mosaic Boxer?
a comparison between a zebra crab and a boxer crab
