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Potamon fluviatile is a freshwater crab found in or near wooded streams, rivers and lakes in Southern Europe.It is an omnivore with broad ecological tolerances, and adults typically reach 50 mm (2 in) in size during their 10–12 year lifespan.
Crabs are members of infraorder Brachyura. They are crustaceans with five pairs of legs, the first pair modified to form a pair of pincers, a flattish shell, and a short, broad abdomen folded under its thorax.
Common names for crabs in this genus include "queen crab" (in Canada) and "spider crab". The generic name Chionoecetes means snow ( χιών , chion ) inhabitant ( οἰκητης , oiketes ); [ 3 ] opilio means shepherd , and C. opilio is the primary species referred to as snow crab.
Malacostraca is the second largest of the six classes of pancrustaceans behind insects, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders.Its members, the malacostracans, display a great diversity of body forms and include crabs, lobsters, spiny lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, amphipods, mantis shrimp, tongue-eating lice and many other less familiar animals.
This is a list of decapod crustaceans found in the North and South Atlantic ... Diogenes pugilator – Small hermit crab; Emerita benedicti; Emerita talpoida ...
Long Island Sound is a large marine estuary in the Northeastern United States. It forms the maritime border between the states of New York and Connecticut.It is diverse and serves as a breeding ground to many different types of marine animal species; the following is a list of said species by scientific and/or common name.
Once mating has occurred, the eggs will spawn around fifty-seven days later and will have an fecundity between 135,000 and 680,000. [9] Nauplia will hatch from the Speckled swimming crab eggs around eighteen days and will grow into the first stage of crab thirteen days later. [9] The average age for a Speckled swimming crab is two years. [9]
Pages in category "Crabs of the Atlantic Ocean" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.