51. Metafauna

Something in a cluster of life caught my eye while diving at Nelson Bay a while back. I went in to look, and it was an anemone. As I watched, it ambled slowly away.

It says something about the effects of breathing high-pressure air that my first nitrogenated thought was: ‘OK, I guess some anemones can walk.’ A closer look showed what was going on.

The photo above reveals a couple of legs, and the one below shows the whole combination. The anemone was being carried by a Hermit Crab, probably...