Portal:Crustaceans/Did you know/19


 * ... that the mutualism between hermit crabs and the sea anemone Calliactis parasitica (pictured) may require the presence of an octopus?
 * ... that Hemioniscus balani is called a "parasitic castrator" although its barnacle host remains a functioning male because the barnacle can no longer also function as a female?
 * ... that mass strandings of the squat lobster Pleuroncodes planipes occur in California during El Niño years?
 * ... that Leach's spider crab lives with the snakelocks anemone, eats the anemone's food and mucus and is protected from predators by the anemone's stings?