A hermit crab's home is the shell of a gastropod, usually snails. As they grow, larger shells are required. However, suitable intact shells are of limited resource and competition for the best shell among hermit crabs is common. If a crab looking for new vacancy finds a shell that is too large, it will stay in its current shell and wait by the vacant shell for other hermit crabs to arrive. As other crabs arrive and check the shell, they will do the same and when finally one finds the vacant shell suitable, each crab exchange shells in sequence.

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White-spotted Hermit Crab

Colonies of these soft corals are known to live for over 20 years in the cold northern Atlantic Ocean.

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Dead Man's Fingers

This type of ray is overfished across much of it's range. However, they thrive around Cocos and we saw them on almost all dives.