“…As adults, these crabs can host several epibionts (e.g., algae, sponges, and cnidarians), thereby expanding the distribution of these sessile organisms while gaining protection (camouflage) (Nogueira Jr. & Haddad, 2005;Hultgren & Stachowicz, 2011). L. ferreirae experiences heavy fishing pressure in both juvenile (=immature) stages, when it is captured inside its host medusae, and adult stages because it shares the same habitat as commercially targeted shrimp species (Schroeder et al, 2014;Branco et al, 2015). Fishing efforts on the Brazilian coast are directed toward the capture of numerous economically valuable shrimp species, especially X. kroyeri (D'Incao et al, 2002;Castilho et al, 2015), which has caused a rapid decline in shrimp stocks and the stocks of bycatch fauna and has led to significant losses of spawning biomass and biodiversity (Castilho et al, 2008a).…”