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COVER PHOTO : An adult copepod ( Choniosphaera sp.) within the host ( Metacarcinus anthonyi ) egg mass. Female copepods appear highly modified, mimicking the coloration and globular shape of crab eggs. This previously undescribed egg predator was discovered in October 2021 during a laboratory course at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is documented by Orli et al. ( Ecology , Volume 106, Issue 12, Article e70263; doi: 10.1002/ecy.70263 ). Nicothoid egg predators have never been observed in crabs along the Pacific coast of the Americas, despite extensive historical work on cancrid crab brood mortality in the 1990s. Photo credit: Jaden E. Orli. image