Velvet swimming crab  (Necora puber)

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Glossary

  • Carapace: the top shell of a turtle. In arthropods (insects, crabs etc), the fused head and thorax (the part of the body located near the head) also known as ‘cephalothorax’.
  • Crustaceans: diverse group of arthropods (a phylum of animals with jointed limbs and a hard chitinous exoskeleton) characterised by the possession of two pairs of antennae, one pair of mandibles (parts of the mouthparts used for handling and processing food) and two pairs of maxillae (appendages used in eating, which are located behind the mandibles). Includes crabs, lobsters, shrimps, slaters, woodlice and barnacles.

References

  1. National Biodiversity Network Species Dictionary (January2004): http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nbn
  2. Fish, J. D. & Fish, S. (1996) A student’s guide to the seashore. Second Edition. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  3. Wilson, E., 1999. Necora puber. Velvet swimmer crab. Marine Life Information Network: Biology and Sensitivity Key Information Sub-programme [on-line]. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (February 2004) http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Necorapuber.htm
  4. Gibson, R., Hextall, B. & Rogers, A. (2001) Photographic guide to the sea and shore life of Britain and north-west Europe . Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  5. Buczacki, S (2002) Fauna Britannica. Hamlyn, London.
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