In April 2015, a research team studying biodiversity at the Hannibal Bank Seamount off the coast of Panama captured something unexpected—unique video of thousands of red crabs swarming in low-oxygen waters just above the seafloor.
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WHOI News Release: Swarming Red Crabs Documented on Video
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