Oyster crab
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| Z. ostreus on Crassostrea virginica | |
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| Species: | Z. ostreus
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| Zaops ostreus | |
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The oyster crab (Zaops ostreus) is a small, whitish or translucent crab in the family Pinnotheridae.
Ecology
It is less than half an inch across, and lives inside the gills of an oyster or a clam.[3] It uses the oyster for protection and lives on the food that the oyster gets for itself. It is found in oysters in the North Atlantic Ocean.[3]
Distribution
Zaops ostreus is found along the eastern seaboards of North America and South America, from Massachusetts to Brazil, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea.[4]
Further reading
- "The Oyster Crab Salad" (PDF). New York Times. March 20, 1893.
- "Oyster Crabs - - The Epicure's Delight" (PDF). New York Times. November 9, 1913.
- "Host and Parasite recruitment correlated at a regional scale" (PDF). Oecolagia. 2014.
References
- ^ a b P. K. L. Ng; D. Guinot; P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ "Zaops ostreum (Say, 1817)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 8, 2010.
- ^ a b Paul A. Sandifer (1972). "Growth of young oyster crabs, Pinnotheres ostreum Say, reared in the laboratory". Chesapeake Science. 13 (3): 221–222. doi:10.2307/1351069. JSTOR 1351069.
- ^ Darryl L. Felder; Fernando Álvarez; Joseph W. Goy; Rafael Lemaitre (2009). "Decapoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, with comments on the Amphionidacea". In John W. Tunnell Jr.; Darryl L. Felder; Sylvia A. Earle (eds.). Biodiversity. Gulf of Mexico Origin, Waters, and Biota. Vol. 1. Texas A&M University Press. pp. 1019–1105. ISBN 978-1-60344-094-3.
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