From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Best found at
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Kayak island +
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Class
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Malacostraca +
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Common name is
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Granular claw crab +
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Documentation requested
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false +
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Family
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Lithodidae +
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Genus
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Oedignathus +
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Order
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Decapoda +
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Origination status is
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Native +
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Phylum
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Arthropoda +
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Scientific name is
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Oedignathus inermis +
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SpecificEpithet
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inermis +
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Summary
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Beautiful, hard-to-find crab, which likes … Beautiful, hard-to-find crab, which likes to squeeze into crevices in high-energy locations, so tightly that only its large right cheliped is visible. its soft "belly" explains its behavior, and illustrates its taxonomic position as an intermediate form between the hermit crabs and king crabs.m between the hermit crabs and king crabs. +
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Synonyms include
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hapalogaster inermis +
, Oedignathus brandtii +
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TaxonRank
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species +
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Has queryThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
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Categories |
Marine Invertebrate +
, Species +
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Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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25 July 2013 09:44:23 +
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Has subobjectThis property is a special property in this wiki.
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Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
, Oedignathus inermis +
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