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Cancridae

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n.1.a natural family including many of the best known edible crabs.
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Noun1.Cancridae - many of the best known edible crabs
family Cancridae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Brachyura, suborder Brachyura - an order of crustaceans (including true crabs) having a reduced abdomen folded against the ventral surface
genus Cancer, Cancer - type genus of the family Cancridae
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The chetae of Cancridae are monomorphic (same characteristics left and right sides), have relatively short, stout teeth, and close relatively slowly because of their muscle fibers (Warner and Jones, 1976).
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In contrast, analysis of crustacean hyperglycemic hormone (CHH) and the structure of its cDNA precursor have suggested a possible phylogenetic relationship between Bythogaeidae and Cancridae, another osmoconformer (Toullec et al.
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KEY WORDS: Cancer johngarthi, fecundity, Baja California Peninsula INTRODUCTION Cancer johngarthi is a crab belonging to the Cancridae family, distributed from Guadalupe island, Mexico (29[degrees]N, 118[degrees]W) to Panama bay (7[degrees]N) (Carvacho 1989).
Fecundity of Cancer johngarthi carvacho 1989 (Decapoda: Brachyura: ... by Rodriguez-Jaramillo, Carmen / Journal of Shellfish Research
 
 
 
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