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The fiddler crab, Leptuca thayeri, influence bacterial assemblages in the sediment surrounding the mangrove trees they inhabit by decreasing bacterial diversity through foraging. [6] While foraging, these fiddler crabs divide out the individual sediment grains with their spoon-tipped setae. [ 7 ]
The Copena culture was a Hopewellian culture in northern Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee, as well as in other sections of the surrounding region including Kentucky. Researchers developed the Copena name based on the first three letters of copper and the last three letters of the mineral galena , as copper and galena artifacts have often ...
Ovalipes catharus, commonly known as the paddle crab, [a] swimming crab, [b] or, in Māori, pāpaka, [8] is a species of crab in the family Ovalipidae. [ 4 ] [ 9 ] It is found in shallow, sandy-bottomed waters around the coasts of New Zealand , the Chatham Islands , and uncommonly in southern Australia .
Portunus pelagicus (known as flower crabs, blue crabs, blue swimmer crabs, blue manna crabs or sand crabs) is a large crab found in the intertidal estuaries of the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Asian coasts) and the Middle-Eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The name flower crab is used in east Asian countries while the latter names are used ...
[6] [1] The name crab-eating macaque refers to it being seen foraging beaches for crabs. [7] Another common name for M. fascicularis, often used in laboratory settings, is the cynomolgus monkey which derives from Greek Kynamolgoi meaning "dog milkers".
Crabs are also caught to make tengba, a gravy of pounded rice mixed with crabs, salted and placed in jars to age. This is common viand of every household and is eaten during childbirth. [11] Although Southern Kankanaey also engage in wet rice agriculture, the chief means of livelihood is hunting and foraging.
Some crab-shaped species have evolved away from the crab form in a process called decarcinisation. Decarcinisation, or the loss of the crab-like body, has occurred multiple times in both Brachyura and Anomura. [25] [26] However, there are varying degrees of carcinisation and decarcinisation. Thus, not all species can necessarily be distinctly ...
Clibanarius erythropus is a species of hermit crab that lives in rockpools and sublittoral waters. [2] It is found in the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Azores to Brittany, the Channel Islands and as far north as the south Cornwall coast. [2] [3] [4] Individuals may grow up to a carapace length of 15 ...