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Pea crabs (Fabia subquadrata) are tiny symbiotic crabs that live inside a bivalve shell with a mussel or clam host. They leave their host only to mate, and the female finds a new host to lay her eggs in, while the male... does not. #SummerOfSpecimens #crabs #invertebrates Invertebrates, Mussels, Crabs, Critter, Shells, Florida, Eggs, Tiny, Inside

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Pea crabs (Fabia subquadrata) are tiny symbiotic crabs that live inside a bivalve shell with a mussel or clam host. They leave their host only to mate, and the female finds a new host to lay her eggs in, while the male... does not. #SummerOfSpecimens #crabs #invertebrates

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Pea crabs (Fabia subquadrata) are tiny symbiotic crabs that live inside a bivalve shell with a mussel or clam host. They leave their host only to mate, and the female finds a new host to lay her eggs in, while the male... does not. #SummerOfSpecimens #crabs #invertebrates

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