#anomura

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

request: the yeti crab (kiwa hirsuta)

Oh wow, these are funky looking! Can't say I've seen one :)

Photos thanks to Deep Sea News & Census of Marine Life!

[ketrinadrawsalot]

Decapocember Day 4: The infraorder Anomura is full of decapods called crabs that aren't actually crabs (brachyurans are true crabs). Carcinization led to many of them becoming crab-shaped. One feature common in anomurans is that two of their appendages are significantly smaller than the others, making them look like they have eight limbs.

[patheticmosasaur1]

today's invertebrate..........albunea speciosa

albunea speciosa tends to the growth, trimming it whenever it pulsates and glibling to it when needed

however if the growth starts to popumble and shape then it'll have to be measured geometrically!!

I know this is really sad, but it has to be done, for albunea speciosa's safety, and for the many winds that gumb on unwanted skin

glorpiness rating: {{★☆★♤, but really unfortunate

source

[ww2yaoi]

bob and gene's dead poet society!!!!

omg everyone wants her I gotta finish this fic!!!!

another taste >:)

Oswalt rubs at his face. Leyden looks half-asleep. Men start getting up from the coconut log benches and funnelling out of the theater. Among the bobbing heads, Eugene spots Juergens and rises from his seat. “Gene, where are you going?” Oswalt calls after him as he makes his way towards the crowd. “Hey,” he says, approaching Juergens. Juergens is loitering near the exit with Smith and Conley, half-smoked cigarettes hanging from all three of their mouths. Juergens shoots his friends an amused look before turning towards Eugene. “Hey,” he parrots. Over his shoulder, Smith and Conley laugh. At what, Eugene isn’t sure exactly. “Uh, do you know where Leckie is?” he asks, scrambling to take the book out of his pocket as a convenient excuse. “I need to give this back to him.” Juergens smirks. It reminds Eugene of Leckie’s smile, the kind that makes him look like there’s something he’s not telling you. “Lucky got stuck with guard duty tonight,” Juergens explains. “He’s posted at the division water point.” He gestures east past the theater’s rightmost exit. “Down that way. ‘Bout ten minutes. He’s probably done soon but you might still catch him.” “Thanks,” Eugene says and gives Juergens a polite nod. “Hey, tell Lucky he missed a real weepy!” Conley shouts as Eugene squeezes through a gap in the crowd to escape the theater.

leckie’s gang: who the hell is this weird southern redhead and why is he following leckie around like a stray puppy

thank you!!! <33

[frumpytaco]

Got out on the rocks this weekend to celebrate Tiny Crustacean Fest.

Top: the tide was really fuckin low

2nd row: A very distressed mother and the brood of babies she released from her marsupium when I put her in the water to look at. :( Absolutely refuse to make an ID on her.

3rd row, left to right: Ischyroceridae (Ischyrocerus?), Aoridae (Aoroides?), Sphaeromatidae

4th row, left to right: Melitidae, Ericthonius sp.

5th row, left to right: Petrolisthes cinctipes, Romaleon branneri, Cancer productus

6th row, left to right: Hemigrapsus nudus (I've never seen one so big in CA!), Lophopanopeus bellus, some weird orange thing without an exoskeleton idk (jk i'm pretty sure it's Triopha maculata)

[birdblues]

Three-lobed Porcelain Crab

[crabmeiser]

THIS IS NOT A CRAB

THIS IS AN ANOMURA AND IF I HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO ONE MORE PERSON THAT COCONUT CRABS ARENT ACTUALLY CRABS, I AM GOING TO GO INSANE.

crab of the day is...

the coconut crab (birgus latro)

fun fact: i have reoccurring nightmares about these things!

real fun fact: they are the largest known terrestrial arthropod!

[anomura]

achelata –> anomura

[forsuperbang]

I couldn't be a carcinologist, it seems too overwhelming (but awesome!)

[sidsledge]

today i present you: eugene sledge describing his officers in with the old breed

– number of each page in order: 18, 44, 46, 98, 115, and 185.

– inspired by this post by @anomura <3

[kbsd]

IT'S ONLY NATURAL TO VOTE FOR EUGENE SLEDGE!!

(testimonials taken from the tags of the semifinal poll, h/t @rpfofficial @froggishg @crowthis @anomura)

[historicalbookimages]

🔭 Report on the Crustacea (Brachyura and Anomura) collected by the North Pacific exploring expedition, 1853-1856 City of Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1907.

[daily-crabbys]

hello!! i have a crab fact!! (sorry if you arent taking submissions for crab facts i just thought i would supply a fact!)

the main difference between "true" and "false" crabs is how many legs they have. true crabs have eight legs, while false crabs have six!

around 250 million years ago, crab lineage split into two main groups, Brachyura (true crabs) and Anomura (false crabs)!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-09-18/crab-convergent-evolution-crustacean-australia-marine-biology/101388282

^ this is the source i found it from by the way, i would recommend reading it since i'm not the best at explaining it! thats all from me :)

Crab Fact(summarized): The difference between true and false crabs is the number of legs that they have.

[c-goldthorn]

10 people to get to know better!

thanks for the tag @magneticghouls 🫶

last song: Bovine Excision by Samia

favourite colour: green

last movie: babygirl (2024)

last tv show: criminal minds

sweet/spicy/savoury: savoury

relationship status: single but i have a date this weekend!

current obsession: mota (still). also reorganising my pinterest boards

last thing I googled: uh probably movie showings near me

looking forward to: the food i’m planning to cook this weekend

np tagging! @johnbottoms @galetops @alienoresimagines @amiserableseriesofevents @air-exec @hogans-heroes @drylite @carnevol @aust-een @anomura (sry if you’ve already been tagged)

[meyerlansky]

on repeat meme! 🎶

rules: shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and post the first ten songs, then tag ten friends to do the same

i was tagged by @redbelles @brennacedria and @columbidaae, thank youuu! 🖤🖤🖤

cacao and cocaine - sofia isella

casual - chappell roan

unpunishable - ethel cain

dream girl evil - florence and the machine

dreams - the cranberries

from persephone - kiki rockwell

disease - lady gaga

angel - newdad

my kink is karma - chappell roan

dying star - ashnikko ft ethel cain

CAN you tell i've been mainlining ethel cain radio and the yellowjackets soundtrack, because that's what i've been doing for like two months 😞

tagging some people! @paperbrds @ryehouses @goatsandgangsters @platoapproved @samuelroukin @metronomeblue @meatmatician @leftenantjopson @anomura @galetops and @kaizokuoni! no pressure as ever

[drylite]

On Repeat 🎶

tagged by @anomura ty!!

shuffle your “on repeat” playlist, and then list the first 10 songs

bullfrog - doechii

sticky - tyler the creator

acolyte - slaughter beach, dog

how to forgive - tennis

nissan altima - doechii

toro - remi wolf

i got heaven - mannequin pussy

tonight you belong to me - patience & prudence

image - magdalena bay

waltz (better than fine) - fiona apple

tagging @wrmhles and @stereobone if you haven’t done it!