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Heikegani (平家蟹, ヘイケガニ, Literal meaning: Heike Crab, Heikeopsis japonica) is a species of crab native to Japan, with a shell that bears a pattern resembling a human face – an example of the phenomenon of pareidolia – which is interpreted to be the face of an angry samurai, hence the nickname samurai crab.
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.
Ranina ranina, also known as the Huỳnh Đế crab, [2] (red) frog crab or spanner crab, [3] is a species of crab [4] found throughout tropical and subtropical habitats. [5] It is often fished for its meat.
A blue crab wearing some rather strange headgear was pulled from the Chesapeake Bay by the mayor of Tangier Island, Virginia, on May 30.
Hairy crab, pork-filled dumplings, rice wine-soaked chicken and scallion pancakes: 80(9) May 16, 2017 Portland: Lobster roll sandwiches, oysters, Italian sandwiches and whoopie pies: 81(10) May 16, 2017 Osaka: Okonomiyaki, octopus fritters and udon noodles topped with fried tofu 82(11) May 23, 2017 Santorini: Tomato fritters, lamb fricassee and ...
The smallest species is the mangrove horseshoe crab (C. rotundicauda) and the largest is the tri-spine horseshoe crab (T. tridentatus). [ 44 ] On average, males of C. rotundicauda are about 30 centimeters (12 inches) long, including a telson that is about 15 cm (6 in), and a carapace about 15 cm (6 in) wide. [ 45 ]
Because it possesses a strange combination of anatomical features, it is said to be the "platypus of crabs". [3] The presence of certain features in this species, such as its large claws and swimming limbs, confirm that those features were present in the crab lineage up to 95 million years ago. [4] It evolved during the Cretaceous crab revolution.
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