Photo of a Pinchbug, a crab of the family Chirostylidae, a kind of galatheid crab. These scavenging crabs are often seen on the deep sea floor in abundance around hydrothermal vents, cold seeps, and whale falls.

Photograph from NOAA Ocean Explorer.

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