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Red Crab
Photo: red crab on a kelp plant, close view
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A bright red kelp crab nestles into kelp leaves near Bodega Bay, California. Kelp forests grow mainly in cold waters and provide shelter for hundreds of marine organisms.
Photograph by William R. Curtsinger

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