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Preferred term

Anomura  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An infraorder of CRUSTACEA, in the order DECAPODA comprising the hermit crabs and characterized by a small fifth pair of legs. A specific genus in the family Paguridae, infraorder ANOMURA. It is commonly known as the hermit crab and is characterized by its use of the shells of other gastropods for housing its abdomen. Genus in the family Lithodidae containing the red king crab Paralithodes camtschatica.

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Entry terms

  • Hermit Crabs
  • txid6738
  • txid6740
  • txid6746

In other languages

  • French

  • Anomoures
  • txid6738
  • txid6740
  • txid6746

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-MZZ7SQK2-9

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