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OYSTER CRAB (26D: Tiny crustacean that inhabits certain shellfish beds) When the clue tells us that the OYSTER CRAB is tiny, it isn't kidding. OYSTER CRABs are typically less than one-half inch wide.
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Cumacea is an order of small marine crustaceans of the superorder Peracarida, occasionally called hooded shrimp or comma shrimp. Their unique appearance and uniform body plan makes them easy to distinguish from other crustaceans. They live in soft-bottoms such as mud and sand, mostly in the marine environment.
Many crustaceans are very small, like this tiny amphipod, and make up a significant part of the ocean's zooplankton The banded cleaner shrimp is a crustacean common in the tropics. The Tasmanian giant crab is long-lived and slow-growing, making it vulnerable to overfishing.
The Pacific sand crab is a small crustacean growing up to 35 mm (1.4 in) long and 25 mm (1.0 in) wide. The female is nearly twice as large as the male and can often be identified by the orange egg mass carried under the telson. The adult is sand-coloured and well camouflaged, and has no claws or spines.
Derocheilocarididae is a family of marine crustaceans that form part of the meiobenthos. It is the only family in the monotypic order Mystacocaridida , and the monotypic subclass Mystacocarida . These mystacocarids are less than 1 mm (0.04 in) long, and live interstitially in the intertidal zones of sandy beaches.
For each of these climate stresses, species exist that are adapted to and thrive in the most stressful of locations. For example, the tiny crustacean copepod Tigriopus thrives in very salty, high intertidal tidepools, and many filter feeders find more to eat in wavier and higher flow locations. Adapting to such challenging environments gives ...