what is its diversity?
Some 4723 extant species porcelain crab had been described, divided among these 30 genera
Porcelain crab
some 4723 extant species porcelain crab had been described, divided among these 30 genera
what is coconut crab? It is a species of terrestrial hermit crab, also known as the robber crab or palm thief. It is the largest land-living arthropod in the world what are the classification of the above mentioned species of crab? Squat lobsters and porcelain crabs describe the former mentioned Squat lobsters are dorsoventrally flattened crustaceans with long tails held curled beneath the cephalothorax. how are these classified? Squat lobsters were placed together in the superfamily Galatheoidea alongside the porcelain crabs of the family Porcellanidae. what is the evolution of the just mentioned type of crab? They are an example of carcinisation, whereby a noncrab-like animal (in this case a relative of a squat lobster) evolves into an animal that resembles a true crab.
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Porcelain crab [SEP] Diversity
, some 4723 extant species porcelain crab had been described, divided among these 30 genera: The fossil record of porcelain crabs includes species of "Pachycheles", "Pisidia", "Polyonyx", "Porcellana", and a further six genera known only from fossils: The earliest porcelain crab fossil is "Jurellana" from the Tithonian of central Europe.