When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The mystery of a bizarre crab that is always found clutching two sea anemones in its claws may ...

These tiny crustaceans, also known as boxer crabs, use the venomous anenomes to protect themselves from predators and to eat with. They also wave them around while fighting with each other. When you ...

Keep your friends close but your anemones closer. Boxer crabs have this lesson down pat. In each claw, these miniscule crabs hold even smaller anemones. It’s these accessories that give the ...

Here’s a great cheer for any cheerleading boxer crabs planning to watch the Super Bowl this weekend: 2! 4! 6! 8! I force anemones to propagate! 3! 5! 7! 9! Don’t even think about stealin’ mine! Just ...

Crabs are a diverse bunch of crustaceans. Some, like the pea crab, are parasites so small that they spend their lives hiding inside oyster shells. Others are huge. The largest of Japanese spider crabs ...

In the shallows of the Indo-Pacific dwell tiny cheerleaders: Crabs that hold sea anemones on each of their claws, earning them the nickname pom-pom crabs. These colorful and stinging accoutrements, ...

"Pom-pom" or "boxer" crabs hold sea anemones in their claws and will duke it out with other crabs to protect their anemones or gain a new one, new research shows. The crabs then induce the anemones to ...

The mystery of a bizarre crab that is always found clutching two sea anemones in its claws may have been solved: The crabs clone their poufy accessories, new research suggests. Lybia leptochelis, also ...