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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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#crab#coconut crab#crabposting#crabs#crabmeiser#anomuraposting#brachyura#podotremata#autism#crabs are my special interest and i get very emotional about them
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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.
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!
#crab of the day#crab#crabs#crabposting#coconut crab#crabmeiser#anomura#anomuraposting#genuinely tweaking
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