This is the cutest, spikiest, tiniest crab in the world! (Don't quote us on that—it's called hyperbole.) It was found during an operation in the Gulf of Mexico, which collected samples of mesophotic and deep-sea coral species for lab rearing and propagation. Credit: @sanctuaries pic.twitter.com/ObYx2YveHW — noaa Fisheries (@NOAAFisheries) January 8, 2025
This is the cutest, spikiest, tiniest crab in the world! (Don't quote us on that—it's called hyperbole.) It was found during an operation in the Gulf of Mexico, which collected samples of mesophotic and deep-sea coral species for lab rearing and propagation. Credit: @sanctuaries pic.twitter.com/ObYx2YveHW