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Camouflaged slender sole

The squat lobster, Munida quadrispina, either doesn’t notice it’s crawling towards a camouflaged slender sole, Lyopsetta exilis, until it’s bitten, or M. quadrispina, intentionally approached L. exilis to shoo it away. A large squat lobster that’s nearby seems to help the smaller squat lobster ward off the sole. Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, swim by in search of food.