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Crabs are (usually) marine crustaceans. They have ten legs (counting specialized ones, e.g., claws or flattened pair of hind ones for swimming). Their body is generally broad and flattened; their eyes on short stalks, with the abdomen small and folded under the thorax. Commonly they have a hardened shell. The term crab is also used to describe other creatures with superficial similarities to true crabs, e.g., crustaceans like the hermit crab or horseshoe crab. There is also a parasite called a crab louse; body lice are informally referred to as crabs.
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∙ 9y agoA crab is a a broad carapace-crustacean with 5 pairs of legs, stalked eyes, with the first pair acting as pincers.
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What are the predators of the Halloween crab?
a Halloween crab is a crab in a costume a Halloween crab is a crab in a costume
Can a hermit crab be a sea crab and a land crab?
yes.
What crab is bigger the Alaskan king crab or the coconut crab?
The Alaskan crab is much larger than the coconut crab. The coconut crab weighs up to 9 lbs. and the Alaskan crab weighs up to 18 pounds.
Can you have a list of descriptive words to describe a crab?
~colossal crab ~Deceptive crab ~drunken crab ~etc.
What genus are crabs?
It depends on the type of crab. For example, fiddler crabs are of the genus Uca (Ocypodidae). And the blue crab is in the genus Chionoecetes.
What is the state crustacean of maryland?
Blue crab from the Chesapeake Bay. Crab cakes are a regional specialty as are crab chowder and crab legs and whole crab
What is the copmmon name for a shore crab?
green crab or dogga crab
What is a calling crab?
A calling crab is another name for a fiddler crab, a genus of crab in which the male has an enlarged paw.
Is crab in crab cocktail cooked?
Yes. Nobody serves raw crab.
How much crabmeat yield crab legs?
The amount of crab meat in a crab leg depends on the type of crab. It is typically only a few ounces, even for king crab.
What is the scariest Crab?
The coconut crab.
Is a crab a crustacean?
a crab is a crustacean
