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Shellfish

Shellfish in their underwater homes. (Lobsters, shrimp, clams, etc.)
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Diving Bonaire, Netherland Antilles -- A delicately-colored batwing coral crab tries to hide under a rock atop the reef. ("Hilma Hooker" dive site) © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Bonaire; "Netherlands Antilles"; Caribbean; tropic; tropical; vacation; destination; scuba; diving; dive; "scuba diving"; wreck; "Hilma Hooker"; crab; batwing; "batwing crab"; "coral crab"; "batwing coral crab";
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Diving Bonaire, Netherland Antilles -- A delicately-colored batwing coral crab tries to hide under a rock atop the reef. ("Hilma Hooker" dive site) © Rick Collier




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  • A reef crab, caught out of cover during the day. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive diver wreck reef crab bottom sand crustacean shellfish
  • A group of lobster on alert in a small cave. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive reef coral shellfish crustacean lobster cave hole
  • A reef crab hides with lobster in a hole under the reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive reef coral sand bottom sea floor sea bed crustacean shellfish reef crab
  • Lobster. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive reef soft coral shellfish crustacean lobster
  • A conch peers out at the photographer. (Note two eye stalks visible.) St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor shellfish conch eye stalks
  • A lobster defends its turf. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive crustacean shellfish lobster cave reef hole bottom sea floor
  • A giant hermit crab wears his conch shell with pride. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor crustacean crab giant hermit crab shell
  • A giant hermit crab wears his conch shell with pride. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor crustacean crab giant hermit crab shell
  • Caribbean painted lobsters wave their long spiny antennae at potential predators to defend themselves. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rocks cave hole crustacean shellfish lobster
  • A batwing crab hides in a hole waiting for night, when it will come out to forage. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean underwater diving ocean SCUBA dive sand bottom sea floor rocks cave hole crustacean shellfish batwing crab cleaner goby cleaning fish sponge
  • A reef crab hides in a hole in the reef. St. Eustatius (Statia), Netherlands Antilles.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> "St. Eustatius" "Saint Eustatius" Statia Netherlands Antilles "Lesser Antilles" Caribbean SCUBA dive diver sea bottom sea floor rocks coral hole reef crab
  • A Caribbean reef crab waits out the daylight hours hiding in a small hole in the reef. Taken while scuba diving the "Tunnels and Barrels" dive site at Turneffe Atoll, Belize. © Rick Collier
  • A large lobster looks out from its hiding place in a Caribbean reef. Taken while scuba diving the "Labyrinth" dive site of Roatan, Honduras. © Rick Collier
  • St. Eustatius (Statia) Underwater - One of many very large lobsters sighted on a scuba dive in the protected waters of Statia's reefs. © Rick Collier
  • St. Eustatius (Statia) Underwater - This lobster was uncharacteristically curious and came out from his hole in the reef to see what all the scuba divers' bubbles were about. © Rick Collier
  • Diving Bonaire, Netherland Antilles -- A delicately-colored batwing coral crab tries to hide under a rock atop the reef. ("Hilma Hooker" dive site) © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Bonaire; "Netherlands Antilles"; Caribbean; tropic; tropical; vacation; destination; scuba; diving; dive; "scuba diving"; wreck; "Hilma Hooker"; crab; batwing; "batwing crab"; "coral crab"; "batwing coral crab";
  • Diving Bonaire, Netherland Antilles -- An arrow crab waits cautiously near an anemone under a coral-covered rock. ("Andrea 2" dive site) © Rick Collier<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Bonaire; "Netherlands Antilles"; Caribbean; tropic; tropical; vacation; destination; diving; underwater; dive; scuba; "scuba diving"; "Andrea 2"; "Andrea II"; reef; coral; crab; "arrow crab"; anemone;
  • Red Sea, Egypt -- A feeding "giant clam." © Rick Collier / RickCollier.com.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Egypt; "Red Sea"; vacation; travel; destination; underwater; uw; "u/w"; scuba; "scuba dive"; "scuba diving"; dive; diving; coral; reef; "coral reef"; "dive site"; Tiran; "Tiran straits"; "straits of Tiran"; "Ras Nasrani"; Nasrani; "Nasrani point"; clam; "giant clam"
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