Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ovalipes ocellatus, commonly known as the lady crab, oscellated crab, [a] or calico crab, [3] [b] is a species of crab in the family Ovalipidae. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] Taxonomy
Female crab Xantho poressa at spawning time in the Black Sea, carrying eggs under her abdomen A Grapsus tenuicrustatus climbing up a rock in Hawaii. Each species has a particular number of zoeal stages, separated by moults, before they change into a megalopa stage, which resembles an adult crab, except for having the abdomen (tail) sticking out ...
The fiddler crab or calling crab can be one of the hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae. [2] These crabs are well known for their extreme sexual dimorphism, where the male crabs have a major claw significantly larger than their minor claw, whilst females claws are both the same size. [ 3 ]
Austrothelphusa transversa (von Martens, 1868), also known as the inland crab, freshwater crab, or tropical freshwater crab [3] is a species of freshwater crab endemic to Australia. [1] A. transversa is the most widely-dispersed species of its genus, as it has adaptations giving it a high tolerance to drought and arid conditions. [4]
It has a carapace width of up to 100 millimetres (3.9 in), and is the only species in the genus Necora. [1] Its body is coated with short hairs, giving the animal a velvety texture, hence the common name. It is one of the major crab species for United Kingdom fisheries, in spite of its relatively small size.
Both male and female painted ghost crabs dig burrows. [2] The burrows act as important protection for the painted ghost crab, allowing them to avoid predators, rapid environmental changes, and other territorial crabs of the same species. [4] The creation of the burrows includes characteristic behaviors and utilize both wet and dry sediment.
Photos show the pale orange coloring of a Mazu’s porter crab. Researchers said they named the new species “after the Chinese Goddess or Grandmother of the Sea, Mazu.” A Gordonopsis mazupo ...
In Vietnam the species is named as "Huỳnh Đế crab", literally means "emperor crab". The names refer to the fact that R. ranina is one of the favorite high-ranked cuisine of historical Vietnamese monarchs. [15] It is the delicacy harvested in the provinces Bình Định and Quảng Ngãi, and is hailed "monarch of all the crab". [16]