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those Inshore and often uncovered at low tide have bits of rock or 

 shell fragments clinging to them, apparently for protection against 

 crabs and possibly other enemies. These smaller inshore specimens 



are usually of a light-brown color. Larger individuals are found in 

 the cieeper tide pools, where they are always covered with water. 

 These, as a rule, do not have stones attached to them. The common 

 shore crabs often retreat under the outspread tentacles of these 



