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Ovalipes ocellatus is commonly known as the lady crab, [a] oscellated crab, [b] or calico crab. [6] It was first described in 1799 by naturalist Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, who placed it into the genus Cancer. [1] [2] In 1898, carcinologist Mary Jane Rathbun moved the species to her new genus Ovalipes. [11]
Hepatus pudibundus, the flecked box crab, is a crab from the class Malacostraca. They are found in the Atlantic Ocean with Brazil having a dense population of H. pudibundus , as they are one of the most commonly seen crabs in the country. [ 2 ]
Raninidae is a family of unusual crabs, sometimes known as "frog crabs", on account of their frog-like appearance. They are taken by most scientists to be quite primitive among the true crabs. They closely resemble the (unrelated) mole crabs, due to parallel evolution or convergent evolution. In both groups, the claws are modified into tools ...
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 ...
Dromia personata, also known as the sponge crab or sleepy crab, is a species of crab found in the North Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and connecting parts of the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. [4] Like most other epibenthic crustaceans, the biomass of this species is especially dense in the Mediterranean continental shelf . [ 5 ]
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Hemigrapsus oregonensis, on Orcas Island, Washington. This crab is an intertidal crab with wide-set eyes and no rostrum.Despite its name, body color can vary. Often, the crab's rectangular-shaped carapace is deep red or brown with light green spots, but it can also be grey-green, yellow-green, pale green or white with small blue/black spots, as well as have lighter colored legs with similar ...
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