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crabmeiser · 5 days ago
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it... not... crab...
Coconut crabs are not a branch of brachyura (or; "true crabs").
Coconut crabs are anomura.
What is and isn't a crab isn't binarily sorted into brachyura and anomura, there's also podotremata, which is an umbrella category full of non-crabs.
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crabmeiser · 16 days ago
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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.
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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!
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