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Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen, usually hidden entirely under...

Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the family Limulidae and are the only surviving xiphosurans. Despite their name, they are not...

fish) and starch, then shaped and cured to resemble the leg meat of snow crab or Japanese spider crab. It is a product that uses fish meat to imitate shellfish...

Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their...

The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest terrestrial...

Look up crab mentality in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Crab mentality, also known as crab theory, crabs in a bucket mentality, or the crab-bucket effect...

The fiddler crab or calling crab may be any of more than one hundred species of semiterrestrial marine crabs in the family Ocypodidae, well known for...

Crab Rangoon, sometimes called crab puffs, crab rangoon puffs, cheese wontons, or cream cheese rangoons, are filled crisp dumpling appetizers served primarily...

Look up mud crab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mud crab may refer to any crab that lives in or near mud, such as: Scylla serrata Scylla tranquebarica...

non-crab crustaceans evolve a crab-like body plan. The term was introduced into evolutionary biology by L. A. Borradaile, who described it as "the many...

caught and sold as food with the most common being the red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus). King crabs are not true crabs, and are generally thought...

The crab louse or pubic louse (Pthirus pubis) is an insect that is an obligate ectoparasite of humans, feeding exclusively on blood. The crab louse usually...

crab may refer to: Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Christmas Island red crab (Gecarcoidea natalis) Chaceon quinquedens, also known as the "deep-sea...

The Dungeness crab (Metacarcinus magister) makes up one of the most important seafood industries along the west coast of North America. Its typical range...

Look up crab in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A crab is a type of crustacean. Crab or crabs may also refer to: Crab (unit), photometrical unit of X-ray...

Blue crab may refer to: Blue Crab 11, an American sailboat design Callinectes sapidus – Chesapeake or Atlantic blue crab of the West Atlantic, introduced...

Ghost crabs are semiterrestrial crabs of the subfamily Ocypodinae. They are common shore crabs in tropical and subtropical regions throughout the world...

A number of lineages of crabs have evolved to live predominantly on land. Examples of terrestrial crabs are found in the families Gecarcinidae and Gecarcinucidae...

The Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus), also known as the soldier crab, West Atlantic crab, tree crab, or purple pincher (due to the distinctive...

The Crab Nebula (catalogue designations M1, NGC 1952, Taurus A) is a supernova remnant and pulsar wind nebula in the constellation of Taurus. The common...