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![A small crab on a human hand.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Dyspanopeus_sayi.jpg/120px-Dyspanopeus_sayi.jpg)
- ... that the crab Dyspanopeus sayi (pictured) may have lived in the Venetian Lagoon for 15 years before it was discovered?
- ... that the long-nosed spider crab, Libinia dubia, disguises itself by sticking bits of unpalatable seaweed and invertebrates on its carapace?
- ... that colour markings, considered rare among fossil crabs, have been found on Avitelmessus?
- ... that the sea anemone Calliactis tricolor is often attached to shells occupied by the hermit crabs Dardanus venosus and Clibanarius vittatus?