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The term "Mithraism" is a modern convention. Writers of the Roman era referred to it by phrases such as "Mithraic mysteries", "mysteries of Mithras" or "mysteries of the Persians".
Female. Maguimithrax spinosissimus has a reddish-brown carapace and walking legs. The claws are smooth, purplish gray, with a single row of nodules along the outer edge, and blunt claw tips.
Mithra (Avestan: π¬¨π¬π¬π¬π¬ Miθra; Old Persian: π·π°πΌ MiθraΚ° ) is an ancient Iranian deity of covenants, light, oaths, justice, the Sun, [1] contracts, and friendship. [2]
The name Mithras (Latin, equivalent to Greek "ΜΞ―θρας", [1]) is a form of Mithra, the name of an Iranian god, [2] a point acknowledged by Mithras scholars since the days of Franz Cumont. [3]
Mitra (Proto-Indo-Iranian: *mitrás) is the name of an Indo-Iranian divinity that predates the Rigvedic Mitrá and Avestan Mithra.. The names, and some characteristics, of these established deities subsequently influenced other figures:
Mithraculus sculptus is largely nocturnal, hiding in caves, crevices and under rocks during the day.It is principally a scavenger but it also feeds on algae. [5] It is tolerant of both high and low temperatures and is capable of withstanding strong currents as it can use its legs to cling on to the substrate. [6]
Mithraculus cinctimanus feeds on filamentous green algae growing on rocks. [3] Young crabs are often found living on the surface of the mushroom coral Ricordea florida.At this stage of their lives, the carapace is often covered with felt-like red algae which provides the crab with camouflage.