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Gordonopsis mazupo most closely resembles G. pacifica from southernmost Japan in the general shape and swollen appearance of the carapace. However, it can be distinguished by the proportionately much longer ambulatory legs, with pereiopod 5 reaching well beyond the gastric groove (only slightly beyond in G. pacifica), as well as relatively longer pseudorostral spines compared to the rostrum.
A Gordonopsis mazupo, or Mazu’s porter crab. So far, only one Mazu’s porter crab has been found on bamboo coral about 2,900 feet below the surface of the South China Sea, the study said.
Gordonopsis is a genus of deep sea crabs in the family Homolidae. [2] The Homolidae are also known as carrier crabs [ 3 ] or porter crabs [ 4 ] for their fifth pereiopods (last pair of walking legs), which they use to hold objects in place over the rear half of the carapace in a possible defence mechanism against predators . [ 5 ]
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