v'(f a. ib 
discovered 
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X 1 j. i b X X U V/ -T- ^ 
tuber cu la ted crab, 
in a crivity in a coral formation trial was being ci’acked up for tine 
invertebrates living in its numerous intertices and holes. Cracking 
uo reef corals is one of the most rewarding ways of obuc.inivjg specimens 
in onantitv representative of many groups of marine invertebrates. 
Sc.m'le^ ascidians growing in clumps on mangrove prop roots 
Ascension Bay. 
A red sponge upper left grov/ing on. mangrove root^^ in ..scension Bay 
Below the sponge is a spider crab, and below this in turn is a small 
w'hite -spotted fish, from the head dW uhe lett curving around one ta^l 
on the rigiit, other sponges and hydroids make up most ol the grovrtn hei'e 
visible To the right of the photograph is the dovrnv/ard grov/ing tip c 
of a 
mangp'“ove roou. 
