Caption

Decorator crab (Camposcia retusa) camouflages itself with algae, example of perfect camouflage through mimesis, Pacific, Philippines

Date

Nov 25, 2016

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Frank Schneider

Reference

BRK25M28_327

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

53,9Mb (6,2Mb) / 17,7in x 11,8in / 5315 x 3543 (300dpi)

Keywords

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