Caption

A Striped hermit crab (Pagurus anachoretus) sits next to a yellow golden sponge (Aplysina aerophoba) in the underwater world. Dive site House Reef, Stoja, Pula, Croatia, Mediterranean Sea

Date

Aug 05, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Rolf von Riedmatten

Reference

BRK26B67_023

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

23.4Mb (1.4Mb) / 11.0in x 8.3in / 3300 x 2476 (300dpi)

Keywords

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