Tuas (Merawang Beacon) gallery of intertidal life in singapore

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Velcro crab Camposcia retusa Family Majidae Well camouflaged and hardly moving, we almost missed this little crab. The Velcro crab sticks sponges and other bits and pieces the hooked hairs that cover its body and limbs.

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