Harlequin Shrimp pair, Hymenocera elegans, feeding on a sea star leg.
Bali, Indonesia.
November, 2005
These spectacularly patterned shrimp are highly specialised feeders. They eat starfish. The two front claws are designed to slice and dice the very large legs of a sea star into bite size pieces they can eat.
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