Wood-Munching Sea-Dwellers

by Kids Discover

One type of long-armed crustacean known as a “squat lobster” feasts on wood, even though it lives in the deep ocean! Munidopsis andamanica occasionally eats wrecked ships, but it mostly consumes sunken trees, aka wood falls, which also shelter sea snails, shrimp, and other creatures.

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