Crinoid with Snapping Shrimp (#33A)
This 3/4 inch Snapping Shrimp is translucent, revealing the inner organs and gonads. Their size is larger than some of the other commensals, and they seem to prefer the area of the crinoid in the center of the radial arms, near the mouth.

Identification of Snapping Shrimp:
Synalpheus carinatus

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