The team documented crabs of the species Cyclodius ungulatus feeding along the margins of tissue loss in the branching coral species Acropora aspera. Video by Julianna Renzi Disclaimer ...

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Crab behavior suggestive of wound-tending may ... For their study, Renzi and colleagues collected samples of Acropora aspera, a type of branching coral, from a designated research area in ...